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The friends, by L. M. Child -- The good old grandmother, by Anonymous -- The consolations of age, by Zschokke -- The old man dreams, by O. W. Holmes -- A Russian lady -- The old man's song, by Anonymous -- The twenty-seventh of March, by W. C. Bryant -- A Christmas story for grandfather, by Charles Dickens -- John Anderson, my jo, by Robert Burns -- Old folks at home, by L. M. Child -- Everlasting youth, by Edmund H. Sears -- Life, by Mrs. Barbauld -- The mysterious pilgrimage, by L. M. Child -- The happiest time, by Eliza Cook -- Ode of Anacreon -- Cicero's essay on old age -- The fountain, by W. Wordsworth -- A poet's blessing, by Uhland -- Bernard Palissy -- Old age coming, by Elizabeth Hamilton -- Unmarried women, by L. M. Child -- The old maid's prayer, by Mrs. Tighe -- Grandfather's reverie, by Theodore Parker -- The house in the meadow, by Louise C. Moulton -- A story of St. Mark's Eve, by Thomas Hood -- What the old woman said, by Anonymous -- The spring journey, by Heber -- Moral hints, by L. M. Child -- The boys, by O. W. Holmes -- Ode of Anacreon -- Mysteriousness of life, by Mountford -- The grandmother's apology, by Alfred Tennyson -- The ancient man, by J. P. Richter -- Milton's hymn of patience, by Elizabeth L. Howell -- Letter from an old woman, by L. M. Child -- Bright days in winter, by John G. Whittier -- The canary bird, by John Sterling -- Old bachelors, by L. M. Child -- Taking it easy, by G. H. Clark -- Old Aunty, by Anonymous -- Richard and Kate, by Robert Bloomfield -- Ludovico Cornaro -- Robin and Jeannie, by Dora Greenwell -- A good old age, by Mountford -- My psalm, by John G. Whittier -- John Henry Von Dannecker -- The kitten and falling leaves, by W. Wordsworth -- Dr. Doddridge's dream -- The old psalm-tune, by Harriet B. Stowe -- The lost books of Livy -- To one who wished me sixteen years old, by Alice Cary -- Growing old, by Dinah Muloch -- Equinoctial, by Mrs. A.D.T. Whitney -- Epitaph on the unmated, by E. S. -- A beautiful thought, by Convers Francis -- At anchor, by Anonymous -- November, by H. W. Beecher -- Meditations on a birthday eve, by John Pierpont -- The grandmother of slaves, by H. J. -- Auld lang syne, by Robert Burns -- Old folks at home, by L. M. Child -- Old Uncle Tommy, by M. S. -- Sitting in the sun, by Anonymous -- Aunt Kindly, by Theodore Parker -- Crossing over, by Uhland -- A love affair at Cranford, by Mrs. Gaskell -- To my wife, by Anonymous -- The evergreen of our feelings, by J. P. Richter -- Our secret drawer, by Anonymous -- The Golden Wedding, by F. A. Bremer -- The worn wedding ring, by W. C. Bennett -- Hints about health, by L. M. Child -- The invalid's prayer, by Wesley -- The old pastor and his son, by J. P. Richter -- Rest at evening, by Adelaide A. Procter.
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