misten'd

Updated: May 29, 2025

I'm a old man now, & my hart is softer nor it once was. You see my spectacles is misten'd with suthin' very like tears. I'm thinkin' of the sea of good rich Blud that has been spilt on both sides in this dredful war! I'm thinkin' of our widders and orfuns North, and of your'n in the South. I kin cry for both.

Artemus Ward - The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 2: War