Poems (Grossman)/To My Mother
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TO MY MOTHER
Dearest mother, none can tell
How good to me you've been,—
Told me things to help me when
I've been so near to sin.
How good to me you've been,—
Told me things to help me when
I've been so near to sin.
Led me from temptation when
I chanced to go that way,
Put me on the road to God
And watched me, lest I stray.
I chanced to go that way,
Put me on the road to God
And watched me, lest I stray.
I'm happy to have a mother so dear,
And for her my love is truly sincere.
My dear, darling mother loves me, I know,
In gladness and sorrow, in weal and in woe.
And for her my love is truly sincere.
My dear, darling mother loves me, I know,
In gladness and sorrow, in weal and in woe.
She gently reproves me whene'er I do wrong,
But she knows and I know that it cannot last long.
Her dear, loving kisses, such times make me sad.
Some hugs and caresses! Once more I am glad!
But she knows and I know that it cannot last long.
Her dear, loving kisses, such times make me sad.
Some hugs and caresses! Once more I am glad!
Oh, mother! Dearest! Darling!
Our mutual love's sincere.
I know there's not another
So tender and so dear.
Our mutual love's sincere.
I know there's not another
So tender and so dear.
I wish I were just like you,
As happy and as sweet.
I long to be right with you,
My heart with yours shall beat.
As happy and as sweet.
I long to be right with you,
My heart with yours shall beat.
My love for you and father
Is deep. I cannot tell
What I would do without you,
I love you both so well.
Is deep. I cannot tell
What I would do without you,
I love you both so well.
May, 1914.