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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A GOLD STAR MOTHER SPEAKS, by VIRGINIA ARMISTEAD NELSON
First Line: My little lad of other days sleeps there
Last Line: They'll guard his grave, and bloom about his cross.
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Graves; Lilies; Sons; Tears; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: My little lad of other days sleeps there
Last Line: They'll guard his grave, and bloom about his cross.
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Graves; Lilies; Sons; Tears; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones
My little lad of other days sleeps there.
He bore the brunt of battle, I must bear
The agonizing loneliness of years.
He played his part. Shall I give way to tears?
He loved tall fragrant lilies, and they grew
In our old-fashioned garden, bright with dew.
I'm taking these; their beauty shields my loss;
They'll guard his grave, and bloom about his cross.
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