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Up in the attic I found them, locked in the cedar chest, / Where the flowered gowns lie folded, which once were brave as the best; / And like the queer old jackets and the waistcoats gay with stripes, / They tell of a worn-out fashion -- these old daguerreotypes. / Quaint little folding cases fastened with tiny hook, / Seemingly made to tempt one to lift up the latch and look; / Linings of purple velvet, odd little frames of gold, / Circling the faded faces brought from the days of old.
Grandpa and grandma, taken ever so long ago, / Grandma's bonnet a marvel, grandpa's collar a show, / Mother, a tiny toddler, with rings on her baby hands / Painted -- lest none should notice -- in glittering, gilded bands.