﻿AN OLD PAINTING 
 
The heroes of the yesteryear 
Performed with sword and dirk, 
And not a blessed one of them 
Was ever known to work. 
 
Their fairy queens ne’er milked the cows; 
Nor scrubbed the floors; nor slopped the sows— 
Their time was spent in making bows 
And lifting of their penciled brows. 
—T. B. S.