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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TRIBUTE TO MOTHER, by INNICE M. DRAPER
First Line: Today we wear the white carnation
Last Line: Like you in all the world, my loving mother.
Subject(s): Mother's Day; Mothers
First Line: Today we wear the white carnation
Last Line: Like you in all the world, my loving mother.
Subject(s): Mother's Day; Mothers
Today we wear the white carnation
In praise of you, Mother dear,
We sons and daughters of all the nation
Return our love to you so near.
In anxious pain you bore us
And in patience you reared us with care,
All through childhood you have watched o'er us,
Our happiness and sorrows did share.
Yours as no other human passion
In all the world doth so endure,
Your Mother love and patience
And all so infinitely pure.
The light of heaven by beauty
Shines in your tender face,
And has pointed us the path of duty,
The way from sin to grace.
Today, to you, my loving Mother,
In cabin, mansion, palace, or hall,
Where'er you are, I send my praises
To let you know you are all in all.
God grant that I, your loving child,
May heed your call of love,
And prove to you there is no other
Like you in all the world, my loving Mother.
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