Poems (Grossman)/On Mother's Birthday, 1916
ON MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY
I
To-day is her birthday,—
The one we love best,—
The sixth of December
In east and in west.
The one we love best,—
The sixth of December
In east and in west.
II
Greater than Washington's,
Lincoln's, or The Fourth,
It should be proclaimed
In the south and the north.
Lincoln's, or The Fourth,
It should be proclaimed
In the south and the north.
III
To us it 1s something
More than just the date.
A day that for months
We anticipate.
More than just the date.
A day that for months
We anticipate.
IV
We celebrate it—
Just we—in our home,
And will do so, we hope,
For long years to come.
Just we—in our home,
And will do so, we hope,
For long years to come.
V
To our Mother darling,
We owe this great day;
A sweet and a precious gift,
We'll try to repay.
We owe this great day;
A sweet and a precious gift,
We'll try to repay.
VI
With great care and love,
We will treasure her, too.
Forever will serve her,
With love, pure and true.
We will treasure her, too.
Forever will serve her,
With love, pure and true.
December 6, 1916.