LORD JESUS, Thou hast known A mother's love and tender care: And Thou wilt hear, While for my own Mother most dear I make this birthday prayer. Protect her life, I pray, Who gave the gift of life to me; And may she know, From day to day, The deepening glow Of joy that comes from Thee. As once upon her breast Fearless and well content I lay, So let her heart On Thee at rest, Feel fear depart And trouble fade away. Ah, hold her by the hand, As once her hand held mine; And though she may Not understand Life's winding way, Lead her in peace divine. I cannot pay my debt For all the love that she has given; But Thou, love's Lord, Wilt not forget Her due reward,-- Bless her in earth and heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WASHING-DAY by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE VIRGIN MARY TO THE CHILD JESUS by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE COCK AND THE BULL by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY DUTY SURVIVING SELF-LOVE; THE ONLY SURE FRIEND OF DECLINING LIFE by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE SATIRES OF CIRCUMSTANCE. 6. IN THE CEMETERY by THOMAS HARDY WINTER WITH THE GULF STREAM by GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS THE LONELY CHILD by JAMES OPPENHEIM |