Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, by GEORGE BANCROFT GRIFFITH Poet's Biography First Line: If you have a gray-haired mother Last Line: Before it is too late. Subject(s): Mothers; Old Age | ||||||||
IF you have a gray-haired mother In the old home far away, Sit you down and write the letter You put off from day to day. Don't wait until her weary steps Reach Heaven's pearly gate, But show her that you think of her, Before it is too late. If you have a tender message, Or a loving word to say, Don't wait till you forget it, But whisper it to-day. Who knows what bitter memories May haunt you if you wait? So make your loved one happy Before it is too late. The tender word unspoken, The letters never sent, The long forgotten messages, The wealth of love unspent; For these some hearts are breaking, For these some loved ones wait; Show them that you care for them Before it is too late. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS MARY CHILSON by GEORGE BANCROFT GRIFFITH OUR FALLEN HEROES by GEORGE BANCROFT GRIFFITH DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 2. LOS CIGARILLOS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON |
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