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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MOTHER'S SONG, by FRIEDA MARTINI BUCHEN
First Line: My golden harp has one lone string
Last Line: Thy tender lilt is sweet!
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: My golden harp has one lone string
Last Line: Thy tender lilt is sweet!
Subject(s): Mothers
My golden harp has one lone string, --
A lock of baby hair,
And, when I play it wistfully,
It sings a love-born air.
As hope's enthralling violin,
Or lyre o' vireo,
Resounded strings I touched of yore,
Oh, dawn-bright long-ago!
I play my treasured harp of gold,
Though plaintively it sings,
For never can the music low
Awake the broken strings
To vibrate e'er again with life,
In harmony complete --
But, golden hair, thy melody,
Thy tender lilt is sweet!
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