The time is not a time for many words,

For what small words of ours can e'er express

The meaning of this night, or of that other night

A score of years ago - your wedding night,

Which mem'ry blest is yours to look upon.

So we who gather here to-night

And bring our greetings and our gifts,

Bring not the thing itself, but rather, tokens.

In that light regard it, and may you always know

We want to say that you have won

Respect and love through these years

From us, and that our hearts o'erflow

For you. We try to let you know

By this, our that we salute you

As a wife and mother twenty years

And more, and bring to you

The kindly thoughts we can not utter,

That the years have made your due.