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PRECEDENCE by WINIFRED LUCAS

First Line: FIRST TO THE FEET OF PAIN SHE BORE
Last Line: YOUR LITTLE TEARLESS CHILDREN BLESS.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; MOTHERS; CHILDHOOD;
FIRST to the feet of Pain she bore
The man his mother comforteth.
Oh childless mothers, pass before!—
Whom—mothers less,
And mothers more,—
Who spared them breath,—
Your little tearless children bless.



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