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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SONG MY MOTHER SANG, by C. W. GLOVER
First Line: The melodies of many lands erewhile have charmed
Last Line: It was the song my mother song when I was but a child.
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: The melodies of many lands erewhile have charmed
Last Line: It was the song my mother song when I was but a child.
Subject(s): Mothers
THE melodies of many lands erewhile have charmed mine ear,
Yet there's but one among them all which still my heart holds dear;
I heard it first from lips I loved, my tears it then beguiled,
It was the song my mother song when I was but a child.
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