Many will be glad to see reprinted the following poem, which
has been a classic for a century. No scrapbook (if such things exist nowadays)
is complete without it.-Editor.
Who fed me from her gentle breast
'And hushed me in her
arms to rest.
And on my cheek sweet kisses prest?
My mother.
When sleep forsook my open eye,
Who was it sung sweet
lullaby
And rocked me that I should not cry?
My mother.
Who sat and watched my infant head
When sleeping in my cradle bed,
And tears of sweet
affection shed?
My mother.
When pain and sickness made me cry
. Who gazed upon my heavy eye
And wept, for fear that I should die?
My mother.
Who ran to help me when I fell
And would some pretty story tell.
Or kiss the dace to make it well?
. My mother
Who taught my infant lips to pray.
To love God's holy
word and day
. And walk in wisdom's pleasant way?
'My mother.
And can I ever cease to be '!
Affectionate and kind
to thee
Who wast so very kind
to me""
My mother.
Oh. no. the thought I cannot bear:
And if God please my life to spare
I hope I shall reward
thy care.
My mother.
When thou art feeble. old and gray.
My healthy arm shall be thy stay.
. And I will soothe thy pains away.
My mother.,
And when I see thee hang thy head.
Twill be my turn to
watch thy bed.
And tears of sweet affection shed.
My mother.
Jane Taylor
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