Amherst College - Olio Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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' My Family My family--what a lovely b0aS'f ' Riches and honor are as naught Beside the golden circle of A little family heaven ,brought Into a world of care and strife To be the dearest thing in life. Howvgood it is for you to know This little world is yours alone, To work and plan and struggle for And set upon a loving throne, Each member with a special right And oh so precious in your sight. The mother in her loving way The heart and center of it all, Then Timmy with his freckled ' nose , iAnd Junior growing lank and tall, I The baby in her yellow frock The cutest thing around theblock. A little house to buy and keep I A yard to tend, with jealousg Y pride, Old trees to prune and vines to: cut A home for all who dwell inside To come back at the end of day And hunger for when far away. My family-what a simple phrase To be the essence of my days. s -Edna Jaques., I HILLS UF 'HOME' 4 So Many Little Things A There are so many. little things I That ordinaryliving brings, A house to keep up day by day Keepsakes to clean and put away. An old back porch to tidy up A friendly cup of tea to sup, A visit to a poor shut-in , , Whose body is so frail and thin. A movie that you want to see A seedling from a specialttree s Your want to plant with extra care A good yarn that you want to share. A parcel to tie up and send Across the seas to an old friend, A little box of special tea, . -A rug to throw across her knee. All little things I know and yet They are so easy to forget, AS my old mother used to say They take up hours of the day. But in the doing of them all A I A sort of blessing seems to fall. ' r'EdHai-1991395 I I ' 'HILLS OFHOME ' It's ,Been Fun - been fun the years we've spent, Tears and laughter softly blent I a rich tapestry, - j Sun. and shadow-land and sea, :Giving of their peace and strength, For the lifelong journey's length. It's been fun the thorny road, I Shoulders humped 'to bear their! load, V . Q Faces set in steadfast lines, Passing by the roadway signs, Childhood-manhood-middle years, Fraught with many hopes and fears. , Q It's been fun the days we'ver known I .i , Never walking quite alone, Always someone close at hand, I Who is quick to understand, Ills that might beset us all, In the shadows grim and tall. Yes-the years have been worth while, ' Every rugged conquered mile, Has been blest with some good thing, Summer-winter-autum-spring, All have had their joy and mirth, As we journied' on the-earth. From the morn 'till set of sun Life has been a lot offun. ' . I A 3 D -Edna Jaques V...-,yi --rv .,...,--.fv l 1 f ,wef - . A 5 ' To Have a. Neighbfll' To have a friendly neighbm' near' A Where I can go for tea and talk :And sort of ease my mind a blf' - To have a door that I can kn0Ckv And- find at any time Of di-ly ' r 'People with happy words to say. To have a friend to bid me st0P And rest a while beside her hearth, A I Tofshare his meat and taste 'h1S Q breadg 1 'A 1-To be a part of the good earth, The ,rising sun, the moon's bright ' glow, 1 The clean fir-tainted .smell -. of snow. , g To hear the sound the night wind ' makes, A Passing above th e hill, tops high, I ' iAnd see the rocks with snowy coats, ' Like huddled sheep against the Sky, ' A The cool soft blanket of the night, With every blessed star, alight. To smell plowed land on a spring day , Sun heated grass and 'birds aw- ing, ' 1 And neighbors up the road a way, 'Sharing the . fullness of I the spring, , ' g While I am part ' of these good things, I wouldn't trade my lotwith kings., W Wihldna Jaques

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