DEAL GENTLY WITH MOTHER.
Deal gontly with mother, 0 Time, as you pass With your - scythe . so'./remorseless and' fast changing; glass; • Smooth softlv the hair that-vas raven inline, . For--.tho'.i'Whito.-.threads'' therein were all i ' ponciljed by* you ' I (. Deal r gently . with her, . since m : earnest. or. l r play jYou'.vo: stolon tho . years mof - her-youthhood 1 i away i" May-her days be serene.,as-a sweet summer ovo, - % f .-, And.nothing-be-present to rex or to grievo You've .chiselled deep lines in that motherly : 7; >0 ; . ,v,-'- : From her >step so elastic you'vo.taken -die '. ' - - you . have bent ,- w-ith- labour and. <v : V; ;^: : C:ryeafsfVAnd .bathed: very often her. eyohds 'With 1 T-f-U e 3rsi'.S,i-',u:..v-.'-I'.'X.\ \ ■ Doal gently with mother, 0 Time; while . you And .-ta'ke hemotioon from our circle awav! /Break- not this strong-:lipk : in our .family , chain, • ' K , , '■Bui'..i^a|:;slje.^ Crown her > brow with iswe'ot peace as you've,' wreathed-it -with vears; ■ > . :the,oyclids>with joVj- you - -have moistened • with tears, / i -. Lift .the burdens of v care thatvhas weighed > down her, breast, _ Andgive to-hcr henceforth a Sabbath of rest, v —"Ecclesiastical -Observer/',,•
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 11
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174DEAL GENTLY WITH MOTHER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 11
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