Mother Wept
By JOSEPH SKIPS-EY (Cot: e/i;pce«B* English Po-ci) Mother, wept, and faihc-r .fi^.iii-:dy .With delight a-glow" Cried the lad. "Tomorrow," cried!,.] • , . "To. the pit .1 go." ' JUp and down the pV-xe he spad- **, Greeted old and young; Far and wide the tiding* r.pr€*4; M. Clapped bis hands aud some. ~'JK. ■■' ill Came bis cronies; some te stw • *»-■..■ Rapt in wonder; some _ Fres with counsel; some -wftfc'ftlUlf 1 . Some with envy dumb. ' •" 2r - -May he," msasay « goesi? 1 ■ "Bo from peril k*pt;" »,- J|f Father hid his tajce and flltfMi -*» Mother jnrn«d *nd wept* , . *-.
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 2, 10 January 1923, Page 11
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93Mother Wept Maoriland Worker, Volume 13, Issue 2, 10 January 1923, Page 11
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