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Robert Harrison
Guest
                   IN GRATITUDE
WITH HUMBLE HEART I BOW MY HOARY HEAD,
AND GIVE THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS; READ
          BY ONE SUCH AS I.
MY LABOURED EFFORTS OFT KEPT IN CLOSED FOLDER,
NEVER TO BE OPENED BY THOSE FAR LESS OLDER
          THAN ONE SUCH AS I.
NOW A NEW LIGHT SHINES IN THESE BRIGHTER OLD EYES,
OLD POEMS ARE RESURRECTED, AND VIEWED BY YOU, THE WISE
          FOR ONE SUCH AS I.
MY DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS, A NEW PURPOSE IN LIFE HAS BEGONE
FOR ONE WHO'S MEAGER TALENT, WAS RENDERED, ALL BUT DONE
         BY AN OLD FOOL SUCH AS I.
AND IT IS WITH GRATITUDE IN MY HEART AND LOVE FOR YOU ALL,
THAT I CAN NOW WALK PROUD, AND IN FUTURE WILL STAND TALL
         FOR I AM "I"
WITH HUMBLE HEART I BOW MY HOARY HEAD,
AND GIVE THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS; READ
          BY ONE SUCH AS I.
MY LABOURED EFFORTS OFT KEPT IN CLOSED FOLDER,
NEVER TO BE OPENED BY THOSE FAR LESS OLDER
          THAN ONE SUCH AS I.
NOW A NEW LIGHT SHINES IN THESE BRIGHTER OLD EYES,
OLD POEMS ARE RESURRECTED, AND VIEWED BY YOU, THE WISE
          FOR ONE SUCH AS I.
MY DEAR, DEAR FRIENDS, A NEW PURPOSE IN LIFE HAS BEGONE
FOR ONE WHO'S MEAGER TALENT, WAS RENDERED, ALL BUT DONE
         BY AN OLD FOOL SUCH AS I.
AND IT IS WITH GRATITUDE IN MY HEART AND LOVE FOR YOU ALL,
THAT I CAN NOW WALK PROUD, AND IN FUTURE WILL STAND TALL
         FOR I AM "I"