Another Poem By A Poet Long Gone - Untitled Comments
To Eleanor Agnin
The world grows sadder round us,
As years are rolled on years:
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This is a fantastic poem. Great rhyme and meter. Uncle D. Junkin did a great job with this one.
The Junkin Family is a famous name in United States History. More Junkin poems are listed on poemhunter. 26 poems listed by poet Margaret Junkin Preston,1820 - 1897 USA. I will continue my reseach on the album I have found and all the names contained therein.
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7/23/2025 5:04:21 AM # 1.0.0
I did enjoy this poem very much. 'Fond early hopes how faded'-almost the story of my life. It's good that you have made the letter to be written by a character- a parson in the manse. It gives a Protestant tone.
Michael, George Junkin was president of Washington College. Thomas Jackson lived with the family and married daughter Elinor Ellie Junkin. Thomas became Confederate General Stonewall Jackson. I believe this is his father-in-law's poem. The family journal filled with poetry is one of a kind and was found at a Utah swap meet.