Hi, Only wish I'd written it... Hope the list managers do not mind these little snippets as the lists are slow right now. Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: "jeanne mccormick" <jeanne.andbob@virgin.net> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [Ham] Genealogy means ~~~ Edna, that was brilliant! I know you didn't write it but thank you for putting in on the list. It's *so* moving..... Jeanne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edna" <ekbrit@rogers.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 2:41 PM Subject: [Ham] Genealogy means ~~~ > >From Richard Llewellyn's 'How Green Was My Valley' -- a B&W movie was > >made > some years ago: > > "..I saw behind me those who had gone, and before me, those who are to > come. > I looked back and saw my father, and his father, and all our fathers, and > in > front to see my son, and his son, and the sons upon sons beyond. And their > eyes were my eyes. As I felt so they felt, and we are to feel, as then, so > now, as tomorrow and forever. Then I was not afraid, for I was in a long > line that had no beginning and no end. And the hand of his father grasped > my > father's hand, and his hand was in mine, and my unborn son took my right > hand, and all up and down the line which stretched from Time That Was, to > Time That Is, and Is Not Yet, raised their hands to show the link, and we > found that we were one born of woman, son of man made in the Image...." > > Edna - sunny, snowy Ottawa > > > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== > Our ancestors never die > heaven knows where they goes. > ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== practice safe text - tell the Listowners about virus worries - DON'T SPREAD IT ON THE LIST!