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FATHER TO MOTHER, by             Poem Explanation         Poet's Biography
First Line: This is our child, dear - flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone
Alternate Author Name(s): Droch


This is our child, Dear—flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone;
Here is the end of our youth, and now we begin to atone.
Now we do feel what their love was—those who have reared us and taught;
Now do we know of the treasures that neither are sold nor bought.
Here is the joy of the Race—joy that must grow out of pain;
Here is the last of our Self—now we are links in the chain.
Body of yours and mine no more is the measure of grief—
All that he suffers is ours—and increased while we cry for relief;




Yea, for our boy, our Beloved, we'll yearn through the beckoning years—
Toil for him, laugh with him, struggle, and pour out the fountain of tears










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