Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1893 — NOW AND THEN. [ARTICLE]

NOW AND THEN.

Como sit beside ine, dearest — i or the cold night winds blow. While by the pine woods cheerful blaze, 1 sing of long ag >. ’Twas in the merry springtide. The ark sang in th) sky; Two children played— A boy and vnsid— Light hearted—you and I. ii. And many a year rolled o’er us— Bright springs with sun and show’ra, And summers with their wealth of bloom. And plebitude of flowers. ’Twas eve in golden autumn, The blackbird whistled nigh, A man and maid— Sat in the shade— Twolovirs—you andl. m. And now tis winter dreary; And snow lies on the ground, The sky is dark and raves the wind Our forest home around. But light is in our dwelling, And sweet the hours go by, The happy life— Of man and wife— Two lovers —you and I. —[J. J. G., in Cork Examiner.