<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=408681" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>My Father-in-Law and I</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">MY father-in-law is a careworn man,<br>And a silent man is he;<br>But he summons a smile as well as he can<br>Whenever he meets with me.<br>The sign we make with a silent shake<br>That speaks of the days gone by—<br>Like men who meet at a funeral—<br>My father-in-law and I.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My father-in-law is a sober man<br>(And a virtuous man, I think);<br>But we spare a shilling whenever we can,<br>And we both drop in for a drink.<br>Our pints they fill, and we say, “Ah, well!”<br>With the sound of the world-old sigh—<br>Like the drink that comes after a funeral—<br>My father-in-law and I.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My father-in-law is a kindly man—<br>A domestic man is he.<br>He tries to look cheerful as well as he can<br>Whenever he meets with me.<br>But we stand and think till the second drink<br>In a silence that might imply<br>That we’d both get over a funeral,<br>My father-in-law and I.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Henry+Lawson">Henry Lawson</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=408681" data-title="My Father-in-Law and I de Henry Lawson" data-description="MY father-in-law is a careworn man, And a silent man is he; But he summons a smile as well as he can Whenever he meets with me. The sign we make with a silent shake That speaks of the days gone by— Like men who meet at a funeral— My father-in-..."></div> </div> </div>

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