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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY GIFT TO YOU, by DENNIS H. STOVALL
First Line: The finest fibers of my life
Last Line: Shall tangle 'round your feet.
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: The finest fibers of my life
Last Line: Shall tangle 'round your feet.
Subject(s): Mothers
THE finest fibers of my life--
A gift from that above--
I weave around your soul, my babe,
With threads of tender love.
Life's alabaster-box I break,
And pour upon your head,
That the perfume of sacrifice
May through your being spread.
And though you wander far in sin,
Still true my heart shall beat,
And even then your mother's prayer
Shall tangle 'round your feet.
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