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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS KNOWLEDGE, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography
First Line: No one will love you if you're naughty,' said
Last Line: "he answered, ""mother will."
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Advice; Children; Knowledge; Love; Mothers; Sons; Childhood
First Line: No one will love you if you're naughty,' said
Last Line: "he answered, ""mother will."
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Advice; Children; Knowledge; Love; Mothers; Sons; Childhood
"NO one will love you if you're naughty," said
His nurse, demure and chill.
The Three-years Wisdom shook his bird-bright head,
And answered, "Mother will."
He built a castle of his bricks the while,
Poised tower and bastion still;
As one who suffers Folly with a smile,
He answered, "Mother will."
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