“BECAUSE.”
(After the style of Kipling’s “If!”) Because you spanked me, when indulgent nurse-folk Were fain to spare the rod and spoil the child. And later lashed me with your tongue when wmrse folk Into unlovely paths my steps beguiled: Because you never nagged, nor lost your temper, Not even when I did it to annoy: Because you taught me not to whine and whimper, To be a sportsman, and remain a boy: Because you went without and never grumbled To send me to a decent public school: Because you told me frankly where you’d stumbled In your young days, lest I should play the fool: Because you led me by the mere example Of your own life to love the ways you trod: Because your goods were always up to sample, Designed to please not man alone but God: Because you do not set up for a Solon: Because you make mistakes and own you’re wrong: Because you do not put the slightest roll on, Nor beat the loud self-advertising gong: Because your given word has never failed me: Because you dearly love a bit of fun: No doubt of you has ever yet assailed me, You are my Dad; thank God, I am your son. —A. STRIPLING.
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White Ribbon, Volume 30, Issue 355, 18 February 1925, Page 9
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209“BECAUSE.” White Ribbon, Volume 30, Issue 355, 18 February 1925, Page 9
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