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MOTHER O' MINE by RUDYARD KIPLING

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF I WERE HANGED ON THE HIGHEST HILL
Last Line: MOTHER O' MINE, O MOTHER O' MINE!
Subject(s): MOTHERS;

IF I were hanged on the highest hill,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose love would follow me still,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

If I were drowned in the deepest sea,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!
I know whose tears would come down to me,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!

If I were damned of body and soul,
I know whose prayers would make me whole,
Mother o' mine, O mother o' mine!




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