Grandfather's Garret

The kltchen I lovc with nn ardcnt rtevotion, or ns therc pumpkin-pies, cakes and pudiiijrs ar made; P Hkethc old orchard, the barn and tho Btorebouse, Bul the garret throws elsc in the Pll.i' ir, With iis must nnd its dust and lts festoons of ('Ml: . T!" ■ ■ beams. which the dim, BhostTransforme luto rtnnts nll rendy to soize us -And al flrsi make us tremble and shuüdor iviih ■ In thls worm-eatan cliort, as tho lid wo raise Wo ' re8 in which g-randma was Eut logt f t our touch it now flutters to lts beauty' 18 vaiü-1,,,1, Ita richnose hns Bed. Hereji te dust show where old herbs Bo limg ag;o grathered and bere stowed away: Whl1" - over busy with househoW empl ■ Like t hem, too, have perished and g-one to aeoayi A spirmtng-wheel stands in a far-distant corAn M-fasluoned churn and a oiu-o-aetivo m-i .- ■ ■- ■ gtúiroitis A swini v.'iíh a blood-stain doop rusting: tho steel. From f ram.es oíd nml crumliling strang-e por' us, A? : ii'iluí 1hc:r pnst histories; But t!:-' tair Upa are silent; tho unuttered (torios Of lovc. bate and darins; are dim mysteries. Doop mvler the eaves are the nests whioh the '■ws, Entering tlu-ougrh loopholes that oíd Time hns made, ïave buili unmolested for many long: siiraHH'rs; . No enemy hore c:;n thcir snuj homos invade. But wo'll now grope our way to tlie rickety gtaircose, And pri'ct once Rgain tho sweet sunshine and bl Whjle we leave to the swallows fuli sway and dominion O'er the relies so ancient, the oobwebs and gloom.