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Grandmother Brooke
said one time, when a
heavy rain came on
Father's oats and hay,
which was all cured,
and ready to haul in,
"these are the little adverse
circumstances to which
we are obliged to submit,
and might as well do
so patiently endeavoring
always to fix our minds
thankfully on the other
side,
where our blessings
are arrayed and ought
to claim our deeper
stronger feelings and
consderation.

7/18/1872