These are the memories of tomorrow, <br />Smile of friend we meet today, <br />Sympathy to soothe our sorrow, <br />Roses blooming by the way; <br />Little jests to cheer the living, <br />Little deeds of kindness done, <br />Thought to them shall we be giving <br />When the years have wandered on. <br /> <br />What seems slight to us at present <br />Will grow big in other days; <br />Memory will make it pleasant, <br />We'll retread these happy ways. <br />We shall sigh to greet the brother <br />That today we hurry by; <br />Joys we share with one another <br />We'll remember, you and I. <br /> <br />Little pranks that we are playing, <br />Little songs that now we sing, <br />Orchard lanes that we are straying <br />Will come back, and with them bring <br />Far more gladness, far more sweetness <br />Than we seem to find today, <br />We shall see them in completeness <br />When the present slips away. <br /> <br />Gentle skies that float above us, <br />Babies romping 'round the floor, <br />Friends who show us that they love us, <br />Roses blooming at the door; <br />Hours now dark with care and sorrow, <br />Love that comes to dry the eye <br />Are the memories of tomorrow <br />We shall treasure, you and I.<br /><br />Edgar Albert Guest<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/memories-of-tomorrow-3/
