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SOMETHING BETTER by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH

First Line: TEN LITTLE HEADS HAVE FOUND THEIR SWEETEST REST
Last Line: IS SOMETHING BETTER AND MORE NOBLE STILL.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
TEN little heads have found their sweetest rest
Upon the pillow of her loving breast;
The world is wide; yet nowhere does it keep
So safe a haven, so secure a rest.
'Tis counted something great to be a queen
And bend a kingdom to a woman's will.
To be a mother such as mine, I ween,
Is something better and more noble still.



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