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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, by GEORGE BANCROFT GRIFFITH Poet's Biography
First Line: If you have a gray-haired mother
Last Line: Before it is too late.
Subject(s): Mothers; Old Age
First Line: If you have a gray-haired mother
Last Line: Before it is too late.
Subject(s): Mothers; Old Age
IF you have a gray-haired mother
In the old home far away,
Sit you down and write the letter
You put off from day to day.
Don't wait until her weary steps
Reach Heaven's pearly gate,
But show her that you think of her,
Before it is too late.
If you have a tender message,
Or a loving word to say,
Don't wait till you forget it,
But whisper it to-day.
Who knows what bitter memories
May haunt you if you wait?
So make your loved one happy
Before it is too late.
The tender word unspoken,
The letters never sent,
The long forgotten messages,
The wealth of love unspent;
For these some hearts are breaking,
For these some loved ones wait;
Show them that you care for them
Before it is too late.
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