THE GRANDMOTHER.
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On the cheek, I have witnessed bitter tears,
Of those who have numbered scarce twenty years;
And thought how fitter to weep was she
Who had felt the storms of a century;
Whose feet had many a time been worn,
Whose heart had many a time been torn,
And who yet lived on, through griefs and tears,
Bearing the weight of a hundred years!
Of those who have numbered scarce twenty years;
And thought how fitter to weep was she
Who had felt the storms of a century;
Whose feet had many a time been worn,
Whose heart had many a time been torn,
And who yet lived on, through griefs and tears,
Bearing the weight of a hundred years!
