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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN MEMORY OF MY MOTHER, by ELMER A. C. WOLFE
First Line: Many a year has come and passed
Last Line: She'll welcome me in the heavenly cloud.
Subject(s): Memory; Mothers
First Line: Many a year has come and passed
Last Line: She'll welcome me in the heavenly cloud.
Subject(s): Memory; Mothers
Many a year has come and passed,
Trouble and sorrow have I known
Since the day my mother breathed her last,
And her soul to the great beyond hath flown!
Little did I realize
Why fond farewells brought forth the tears;
And old-time friends with whispering cries
Spoke tenderly of my future years.
Many a time I've longed to turn
To a knowing mother for a helping hand;
But on my soul must my troubles burn
For only a mother my sins could understand.
When somebody's mother is abused,
It cuts my heart like a hunting knife;
Worldly good can never be confused,
With a mother's love, the dearest thing in life.
Now let my prayers forever be
That all my deeds might make her proud;
So when the angel of death is calling me,
She'll welcome me in the heavenly cloud.
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