Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO FATHER, by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT Poet's Biography First Line: My father! When I saw thee last Last Line: And lay thee down to rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Tucker, Mary Eliza Perine Subject(s): Fathers | ||||||||
MY father! when I saw thee last, Thy noble, manly form, Was unbent by the cares of time -- Unshattered by life's storm. The raven hair around thy brow Was scarcely tinged with gray -- While the bright lustre of thine eye Denied old age's sway. Oft in my dreams I see thy face, As 'twas when last we met; If we should never meet again, Thy smile I'll ne'er forget. My father, years have passed since then; Aye, stern, heart-breaking years; And we have each been made to feel Life's sorrows, and life's tears. Now, I am in my womanhood -- They say, life's glorious page; And, father, I regret to think, That you have reached old age. Grieve not, grieve not, for broken buds, They'll open in the sky; In bower of celestial light, They'll bloom, and never die. Dear father, thou hast ever been To me, thy orphan child, A father and a mother too, Kind, thoughtful, just and mild. Then grant me, father, but this boon, Then will thy child be blest -- Let me watch o'er thy latest years, And lay thee down to rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLAYING DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS PRAYER BEFORE BED by ANDREW HUDGINS THE FUNERAL SERMON by ANDREW HUDGINS ELEGY FOR MY FATHER, WHO IS NOT DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW EUROPE AND AMERICA by DAVID IGNATOW ESTATE SALE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM |
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