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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SHE MADE HOME HAPPY, by HENRY COYLE
First Line: She made home happy!' these few words I read
Last Line: Was grander than the soldier's, to my mind.
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: She made home happy!' these few words I read
Last Line: Was grander than the soldier's, to my mind.
Subject(s): Mothers
"SHE made home happy!" these few words I read
Within a churchyard, written on a stone;
No name, no date, the simple words alone,
Told me the story of the unknown dead.
A marble column lifted high its head
Close by, inscribed to one the world has known;
But ah! that lonely grave with moss o'ergrown
Thrilled me far more than his who armies led.
"She made home happy!" through the long, sad years,
The mother toiled and never stopped to rest,
Until they crossed her hands upon her breast,
And closed her eyes, no longer dim with tears.
The simple record that she left behind
Was grander than the soldier's, to my mind.
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