<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=567538" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On Receiving A Letter From Marie</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wrote to the Sullivan family on the death of family member Catherine it seemed for me the proper thing to do<br>They were my friends and neighbours when I lived in Millstreet and to our old friends we must remain true<br>I was not expecting a letter in return and it came as a big surprise to me<br>When I received a letter from Catherine's elder sister Marie she now is Mrs Cregan from Tralee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Marie from Claraghatlea one I remember her shiny wavy hair was chestnut brown<br>A cheerful and a very friendly person one of the nicest west of Millstreet Town<br>A warm hearted and a charming lady she always greeted with a big smile and hello<br>And hearing from her in her time of sorrow brought back the memories of long ago.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When she and Catherine and their younger brother James were going to school in Millstreet all three I recall were younger than I<br>Those were the happiest days that I remember but on looking back the years just seemed to fly<br>And our youthful Seasons for us went too quickly and the lust for wander carried us away<br>From Duhallow and the meadows west of Millstreet where in Summer weather we made cocks of hay.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She told me in her letter how she grieves for her sister Catherine they always were a close knit family<br>Our crosses to bear can sometimes prove quite heavy and how sad so very sad this life can be? <br>But time as we know is the greatest healer and though the pain of loss to heal may seem quite slow<br>As time goes by from her grief she will recover and her ache of loss from her eventually will go.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A surprise letter from Marie for to thank me for sympathy in writing I'd expressed at a family loss<br>The passing of Catherine at a young age tragic and on the family such a heavy cross<br>For Catherine her suffering is over though she did not live on to grow old and gray<br>And for Marie grieving for her beloved sister the ache of loss in time will fade away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</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=567538" data-title="On Receiving A Letter From Marie de Francis Duggan" data-description="I wrote to the Sullivan family on the death of family member Catherine it seemed for me the proper thing to do They were my friends and neighbours when I lived in Millstreet and to our old friends we must remain true I was not expecting a letter i..."></div> </div> </div>

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