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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HAINES' CORNERS, by KATE CRICHTON GREDLER
First Line: When we who live in bedford town
Last Line: For me, their unknown, grateful heir.
Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Heritage; Heredity
First Line: When we who live in bedford town
Last Line: For me, their unknown, grateful heir.
Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Heritage; Heredity
When we who live in Bedford Town
See maple leaves come drifting down,
We give a thought to old John Haines
Who loved their shade in country lanes.
And when we pass that noble row
Of giant spruces crowned with snow,
We see again the little hedge
Friend Wood set out at the highway's edge.
They knew they'd never live to see
The glory of the full-grown tree,
Left heritage of beauty there
For me, their unknown, grateful heir.
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