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TO LIGHT THE CANDLES by MARGARETTE BALL DICKSON

First Line: (TO THOSE WHO WEAR THE WHITE CARNATION ON MOTHER'S DAY)
Last Line: FOR HER OWN.
Subject(s): CARNATIONS; LOVE; MOTHER'S DAY;
(To those who wear the white carnation on Mother's Day.)
Another mother gone—
An aged mother, like a piece of precious lace,
Delicate and fine;
A lovely mother with a halo of white locks,
Snowy and curling!
A mother-pioneer, with courage, faith and hope
And calm restraint:
A tender mother, with a gracious family
Grown like her:
A thoughtful mother, full of kindly deeds
As harvest sheaf is full of goodly grain
Gleaming and golden;
A praying mother, with the light of faith and love—
A benediction;
A kindly mother who would go first in the dark
To light the candles,
Welcoming others in;
A sainted mother, but gone on a step
To light the way
And wait inside the portal
For her own.



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