Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHILE WE HAVE THEM, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: There's no one like a mother, lad
Last Line: Let's be our very best.
Subject(s): Parents; Parenthood


There's no one like a mother, lad,
To comfort all our pain;
There's no one like a father, lad,
To make one smile again;
So while we have our mother, boy,
Let's drive away her fear;
And while we have our father, boy,
Let's fill his heart with cheer.

There's no one like a mother, lad,
To keep us pure within;
There's no one like a father, lad,
To warn away from sin;
So while we have our mother, boy,
Oh, let us not rebel;
And while we have our father, boy,
Let's heed his warnings well.

The time is surely coming, lad,
When mother will be gone;
The time is surely coming, lad,
Of father's passing on;
So while we have our mother, boy,
Let's make her spirit blest;
And while we have our father, boy,
Let's be our very best.





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