Parenthood
! - " Someone to snuggle up close to mc there, Somebody's head on the thick of my arm, Someone to help with his cuddle-time prayer, Someone believing I shield him from harm. " . Somebody's d-ark-fearlng hand I may hold, Safe in my bigger one's sheltering lceep, • Someone to guard till tlie mofb,irjg i l%ht bold, Rescues his eyes from the fetters of sleep. - • Such are the yearnings that will nil us all. After those wonderful babies have grown. These are the hungers that will tug and gall, Aiter the nestlings have feathered and flown. Only this hearts-ease •is comforting -mc. Missing my olden-time play-fellow so, He, in the years that shall presently be, Love Hire my love for himself: shall know. —Strickland GUlilan,
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 1, 3 January 1923, Page 6
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121Parenthood Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 1, 3 January 1923, Page 6
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