Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON: 20. LOVE'S OFFERING, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER


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TO MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON: 20. LOVE'S OFFERING, by                    
First Line: What does my lover offer me? Wealth? No
Last Line: These are the things my lover offers me.
Subject(s): Gifts & Giving; Love


What does my lover offer me? Wealth? No,
But poverty and struggles, hopes and fears,
And pain and joy; a life where love will grow
Triumphant o'er the swiftly passing years;
A home where love shall reign supreme, and hope
Is ever manifested in our lives,
Whose very presence gives us strength to cope
With trouble and the things on which it thrives.

What does my lover offer me? Life? Yes,
A life of peace, where Love and God both reign,
Where each one strives in honor to possess
The noble things a better life would gain.
Where parentage is held to be divine,
Where baby voices laugh and crow in glee,
Where love is looked on as a blessed shrine,
These are the things my lover offers me.





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