Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, I WANT TO BE SIDE OF PAPA, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER


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I WANT TO BE SIDE OF PAPA, by                    
First Line: I want to be side of papa,
Last Line: And live more close to god.
Subject(s): Fathers; Heaven; Paradise


"I want to be side of Papa,"
The cry of my infant boy,
His heart but echoed his lisping,
His eyes beamed forth their joy.

"I want to be side of Papa,"
'Tis strange how memories cling,
To the words our children utter
Ere they like birds take wing.

"I want to be side of Papa,"
God bless you, my sweet child,
On my knees each night I pray Him
To keep you undefiled.

"I want to be side of Papa,"
That cry finds lodgment here
As my timorous, faltering spirit
Cries out to God so near.

"I want to be side of Papa,"
And I, in my small way,
Can make my treasure quite happy,
My baby of to-day.

"I want to be side of Papa,"
My little boy knows not
That the plaintive cry he utters
Is with deep meaning fraught.

"I want to be side of Papa,"
O you who have strayed from grace,
Return to your Heavenly Father,
Behold His loving face.

"I want to be side of Papa,"
The selfsame cry He's heard
From many a child of sorrow,
Though couched in different word.

And so, dear friends who have suffered,
And troubled ways have trod,
Take home to yourself my lesson
And live more close to God.





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