Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE SPEAKS, by IDA M. FOLSOM


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LOVE SPEAKS, by                    
First Line: If I could stand, dear child of mine
Last Line: Shall be to me as two!
Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Childhood


If I could stand, dear child of mine,
Between the world and you,
And keep your life untouched by sin,
The sordid from your view;

If I could make the world come close,
Yet yield but precious truths,
And keeping back the pain of life,
Give only that which soothes;

If I could keep your trust in men,
Your faith in God and right,
And all the things that bring unrest
Put far beyond your sight;

I wonder, child, if through the years --
'Twould show my love, I know --
And yet I wonder from my heart,
If you'd be happier so.

There is a pain that purifies;
Loss may be gain, I know;
Each life must bear its own proud load,
And reap what it shall sow.

But standing by each hour, my child,
My heart shall bleed anew,
For every pain that comes to you
Shall be to me as two!





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