How trifling shall these gifts appear <br /> Among the splendid many <br />That loving friends now send to cheer <br /> Harvey and Ellen Jenney. <br /> <br />And yet these baubles symbolize <br /> A certain fond relation <br />That well beseems, as I surmise, <br /> This festive celebration. <br /> <br />Sweet friends of mine, be spoons once more, <br /> And with your tender cooing <br />Renew the keen delights of yore-- <br /> The rapturous bliss of wooing. <br /> <br />What though that silver in your hair <br /> Tells of the years aflying? <br />'T is yours to mock at Time and Care <br /> With love that is undying. <br /> <br />In memory of this Day, dear friends, <br /> Accept the modest token <br />From one who with the bauble sends <br /> A love that can't be spoken.<br /><br />Eugene Field<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/with-two-spoons-for-two-spoons/
