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TO MY FATHER by FENTON JOHNSON

First Line: GOOD FATHER O' THE DUSK, MY LOVE FOR THEE
Last Line: MY MARINER ACROSS THE STARLIT SEA.
Subject(s): FATHERS;

Good Father o' the Dusk, my love for thee
Is boundless as the soul's eternal sea;
Thou wrought for me when I was weak and young,
And guarded me from life's tempestuous wrong.

Thou art the lamp that safely pilots me
Beyond the crags and shoals of life's rough sea;
I cannot falter when thou bidst me go
Where moonlit waters to the ocean flow.

Let others boast of gold and mansions grand,
No father lives throughout this Western land
So good, so true, so brave of heart as thee,
My mariner across the starlit sea.



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