Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HIS BIRTHDAY, by KALFUS KURTZ GUSLING


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HIS BIRTHDAY, by                    
First Line: I wonder if he went long, long ago
Last Line: I'm glad that she was with him to the last.
Subject(s): Birthdays


I wonder if He went long, long ago,
Home to His mother when His birthday came,
And sat beside her in the home-fire's glow,
And held her hand and softly spoke her name?
It must be so, for still that longing clings
To all of us. Spread net-like on the earth,
Our paths are winding and at last each brings
Each one of us to her who gave us birth.

But some of us must go in memory
To kneel beside her chair and kiss her hands,
Feeling, though lost to vision she may be,
Better than all, she knows and understands.
When I recall the home-gate of my past,
I'm glad that she was with Him to the last.





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