Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SCRAPS, by AGNES STOWELL PINKEY


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First Line: I have among my treasures a book I hold most dear
Last Line: But follow suit, and by and by you'll feel the same -- perhaps.
Subject(s): Memory


I have among my treasures a book I hold most dear,
Though judged by standard measures, it would not pass, I fear.
No gilt or rich embossing its simple covers claim;
You ask "Why so engrossing -- this book without a name?"

Its pages are a history, bringing me smiles or tears;
Odd bits of fact or mystery, treasured throughout the years.
Rare gems of verse or story that touched responsive heart,
Snapshots in all their glory, in which I played a part.

And as I turn from page to page, each one to mem'ry dear,
Come visions of a mystic age, and bygone days seem near.
Once more I'm with the merry band I knew in days of yore,
Though some are in the "Better Land" and known to earth no more.

Again we dance with bare brown feet the wooded paths along,
Carefree and happy, blithe and fleet, the summer day -- a song.
Another page brings wintertime, with fire-log's cheery glow,
Or -- skimming to the sleigh-bells' chime, across the moon-lit snow.

And so this time-worn volume seems to link me with the past,
And thrills me with the old-time dreams, too beautiful to last.
Then do not gaze with scornful eye upon my humble "scraps."
But follow suit, and by and by you'll feel the same -- perhaps.





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