Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY SON-IN-LAW, by RUTH STEWART SCHENLEY


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MY SON-IN-LAW, by                    
First Line: Somewhere, a little boy plays now
Last Line: My prayer for her, I send some little boy a dream.
Subject(s): Daughters


Somewhere, a little boy plays now,
My daughter's husband. As things go
By averages, I'm thinking how
They'll meet in twenty years; from what I know
Myself, of life and love. Grow strong,
My little unknown son, be not too free
With life -- she is all gold and song,
This little girl, so dear to me.
Watching her with her dolls today,
A mother in the bud -- it does not seem
Too foolish of me, son, that when I say
My prayer for her, I send some little boy a dream.





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