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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WIDOW-MOTHER, by ADA JACKSON
First Line: Soldier boy, soldier boy
Last Line: Presently I'll know.
Subject(s): Death - Mothers; Mothers & Sons; War; Widows & Widowers; World War Ii; Dead, The; Second World War
First Line: Soldier boy, soldier boy
Last Line: Presently I'll know.
Subject(s): Death - Mothers; Mothers & Sons; War; Widows & Widowers; World War Ii; Dead, The; Second World War
Soldier boy, soldier boy,
Gallantly you go—
Head erect and shoulders squared,
Marching heel and toe.
The tale repeats itself, my dear,
I stood thus, smiling so,
To watch your father marching—five
And twenty years ago.
And I am proud again. Again
A tear comes full and slow.
Can a heart be broken twice?
Presently I'll know.
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