Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FORGIVENESS, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR


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FORGIVENESS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A mother, with her darling
Last Line: Would be in our hearts that day!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Forgiveness; God; Mothers & Sons; Clemency


A MOTHER, with her darling
Whose four years just had run,
Bade him ask God's forgiveness
For something he had done;
Then left him alone by the garden,
In the glow of the setting sun.

A moment — and he came flying
Back through the blooms of May:
'O mother, I did ask Him,
And quick I heard him say,
"Yes, child, I do forgive you;
Now you may go and play.'"

Ah! with our many lapses,
How blest could we hear Him say,
'Yes, child, I do forgive you;
Now you may go and play.'
The peace that passeth knowledge
Would be in our hearts that day!





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