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OLD HOUSES, by                    
First Line: There is comfort in old houses
Last Line: An old house knew my mother's lovely face.)
Subject(s): Houses


There is comfort in old houses,
Like a mother's arm, or a friend's kind words.
There is joy in time-scarred timbers,
In slated roofs and weathered boards.
(I am one with an old house:
I am one with its pains and joys:
An old house shared the travail of my mother.
An old house shared my baby toys.)

Old houses have a blessed look,
That is one with God's great plan.
Old houses have a tenderness,
From the baby's crawl to the stride of the man.
(I am one with an old house,
I am one with its kind embrace
An old house shared my mother's love
An old house knew my mother's lovely face.)





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