<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384314" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>At an Old Drawer</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Before this scarf was faded, <br>What hours of mirth it knew; <br>How gayly it paraded <br>From smiling eyes to view. <br>The days were tinged with glory, <br>The nights too quickly sped, <br>And life was like a story <br>Where all the people wed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Before this rosebud wilted, <br>How passionately sweet <br>The wild waltz smelled and lilted <br>In time for flying feet; <br>How loud the bassoons muttered, <br>The horns grew madly shrill, <br>And oh! the vows lips uttered <br>That hearts could not fulfill.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Before this fan was broken, <br>Behind its lace and pearl <br>What whispered words were spoken, <br>What hearts were in a whirl; <br>What homesteads were selected <br>In Fancy's realm of Spain, <br>What castles were erected <br>Without a room for pain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When this odd glove was mated, <br>How thrilling seemed the play; <br>Maybe our hearts are sated-- <br>We tire so soon to-day. <br>O, thrust away these treasures, <br>They speak the dreary truth; <br>We have outgrown the pleasures <br>And keen delights of youth.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384314" data-title="At an Old Drawer de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="Before this scarf was faded, What hours of mirth it knew; How gayly it paraded From smiling eyes to view. The days were tinged with glory, The nights too quickly sped, And life was like a story Where all the people wed. Before this rosebud..."></div> </div> </div>

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