Poem by Mrs. Chas. Shepard

Read just before dinner 1902

We meet again ‘neath this beautiful tree,

With the table most bountifully spread,

With grass and flowers beneath our feet,

And blue skies overhead.             

We come to celebrate this day,

On beautiful Hill View,

And meet to greet this aged one,

Whose years are ninety-two.

This aged one looks back and sees,

When she came here a bride,

With heart so full to overflow,

With William by her side.

Then time went on fleeting wing’

Its joys and sorrows both to bring,

And children came with smiles and tears

To bless them in declining years.

And time spread on when tears were shed,

William was numbered with the dead,

And she was left but not alone.

For children cluster round her home

Children, grandchildren, great grandchildren too

Have met today on bright Hill View,

Some come from far and some from near,

To meet with their Grandmother dear.

And clasp her hand with love most true,

This Reunion day nineteen hundred and two

And now we welcome all who are here

And to the absent send good cheer.

By Jane A. Shepard