Van Sandick dicht

Genealogische lyriek

Ancestry

• When speaking of our ancestry,
• My mother’s eyes would shine,
• And proudly she would tell us all,
• You ’re of the Tudor line.
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• But Father with a smile would say,
• “While bearing that in mind,
• You keep your eyes on goals ahead
• not those that lie behind.
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• You have a noble ancestry
• But all are dead and gone.
• ’Tis you who have to prove your worth—
• Not those who ’ve journeyed on.
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• And back along that Tudor line,
• ’Tis sorry truth I state,
• There may be some you can’t approve
• And even some you ’d hate.
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• The way to prove your ancestry
• is what you are yourself,
• Not by the charted family tree
• In book upon the shelf.
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• So try to be an ancestor
• Within the time allowed,
• Of whom your children’s children
• in the future can be proud.”