<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414683" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Final Link</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A graveyard set beside the sea, <br>with headstones placed haphazardly<br>That is, not set in tidy rows <br>which made me wonder: I suppose</div><div style="margin:10px 0">used to city cemeteries <br>with flagstone paths and shrubberies.<br>Well tended lawns and flower beds.<br>To see a wilderness instead </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> came as a culture shock to me. <br>Not what I expected to see.<br>This is the grim reality<br> of a neglected cemetery.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’m searching for my ancestor, <br>They’re difficult to find because<br> the salt winds blowing from the sea<br>affects the legibility</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> of names and dates carved in the stone<br>Some few are left but most are gone.<br>I find what I am looking for <br>inside the porch set in the floor.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Though weather worn I can still read<br> the final details which I need.<br> Confirming the validity <br>of my illustrious ancestry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My great grandfather twice removed <br>was once a power in the land.<br>A given fact which can be proved <br>quite easily I understand.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now I have traced my family tree<br> I can call a halt to my quest.<br>I find it’s satisfactory.<br>I’m sure that I have earned my rest.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Although it may not matter to<br> anyone but my family.<br> I have proved the legends true<br> we were once aristocracy.<br>02-Sep-07</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</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=414683" data-title="The Final Link de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="A graveyard set beside the sea, with headstones placed haphazardly That is, not set in tidy rows which made me wonder: I suppose used to city cemeteries with flagstone paths and shrubberies. Well tended lawns and flower beds. To see a wilderne..."></div> </div> </div>

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