Mum's Rhymes

As they left the house to their home to go.Bright flowers dropped at their feet,As emblem that their days may be,Cheerful, bright, and sweet.Forty-nine years of changeful life,They wandered hand in hand,Then he went on, to prepare a home,For her in the better land.Eva M. R. SalwayGRANDMA'S TALEWedding, Eva Mary Rowe to Alfred Edward SalwayWhen I got wed, Grandchildren dear;You never saw such a mix,Cupid must have gone asleep,And pan was at his tricks.Like mothers dress mine too was gray,And a yard long train was there,The skirt hung plain, straight to the ground,And a large veil draped my hair.The groom who should have waitedFor his Bride at the church door;With maids each side him looking sweetWith flowers which they bore.Oh, no, the poor man walked right inAnd sat down in a pew.The girls, not knowing what to do,Went in and sat down too.Eva M. R. SalwayMum's Poems pg 41