By Edgar A. Guest
It is not ornamental, the
There are other things far
Tho of all my possesions,
With that white leather apron,
As a young lad I wondered
When Dad hustled around, and
On shaving and dressing and
Until Mother would say: "It's
And some winter nights she
Way up there tonight thru the
You see the same things every
Then Dad would reply: "Yes, I
Forty years I have seen the
And though they are old, they
For the hands that I clasp,
Seem a little bit closer each
Years later I stood at that
With good men and true who
I knelt at the alter, and
That virtue and honor can
That the spotless white
If worthily worn grows more
That service to others brings
That man may be poor tho
I learned that true
That enmities fade 'neath the
That wealth and position are
As there on the level men
So, honor the lambskin, may
Forever unblemished, and free
And when we are called to the
May we all take our place in
thanks to WB Mark Taylor for sending to me
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