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To the People of Old St. Michael's - ZaunköniG - 19.05.2008
To the People of Old St. Michael's
Full twenty years together we have kept
The path that leads through life's well-varied scene:
In ceaseless round the earth grew fresh and gren,
And bore its frutage, and in beauty slept.
And many a time the heart of sorrow wept
To see fond prospects lose their golden sheen:
With eyes uplifted still and hope serene
We found God's solace, and our troth we kept.
And as a your children grew in age and grace,
It was my joy to watch their growth with you,
And closer thus they bound our hearts together.
O ever faithful, loving, kind and true,
Accept these whispering of the vanished days,
My Friends, my People, from your love's deep deptor.