Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BUSCH AND TOMMY, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY


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First Line: Little busch and tommy hays
Last Line: And your ministrations!
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Brothers; Half-brothers


LITTLE Busch and Tommy Hays --
Small the theme, but large the praise, --
For two braver brothers,
Of such toddling years and size,
Bloom of face, and blue of eyes,
Never trampled soldier-wise
On the rights of mothers!

Even boldly facing their
Therapeutic father's air
Of complex abstraction,
But to kindle -- kindlier gaze,
Wake more smiles and gracious ways --
Ay, nor find in all their days
Ampler satisfaction!

Hail ye, then, with chirp and cheer,
All wan patients, waiting here
Bitterer medications! --
Busch and Tommy, tone us, too. --
How our life-blood leaps anew,
Under loving touch of you
And your ministrations!





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