Where Mother Is.

Thames Star, Issue 10422, 15 May 1909, Page 5 (Supplement)

Where Mother Is.

In the crimeon and gold of the •setting Bumi . -. The white .little, Ituulbs o'er the meadows rtui; Aindl the birds wing their way to the sweet homet-neet, Where is waiting the one that lov«s them befit, There/s iai roice in the 'breeze I hat gioes wanderimg by, And a whisper that falls from c deepening sky. Oh, the mother-heart oaills to «v»oh weary rover, '^, And where mother is, home is, the wide.world over! 'Tis the song of the brook on < its Bilvery w:ay, The crickets hare chirped it vrith darkening'dlay; Aaid the •first .pearly star in the asure dom» I Seems to whisper a. message sweet ef home. ■■■■• In the bud and tihe le<af and the slumbering flowerThere's al thought of the peaioe (>i the rest-givinisr. hour, ■"'■'">'., When the mother-heart calls to each weary rover, Amd where mother is, homie is, the wide world over! Now the brown bees have ended their day-lonp quest, The butterflies folded their wings to rest; And the twinkle of lights in the ck>ttag»e pane Tells of. joy that has blessed *ife hearth again. Amd) I read in th« eyetei of the little ones sweet, Ini the shouts of delight, and ill' paibtering feet, Oh, the roiother-iheiart calls to ett>ob weary rover, And where mlother is, home is, the wide world over!