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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRECEDENCE, by WINIFRED LUCAS
First Line: First to the feet of pain she bore
Last Line: Your little tearless children bless.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Childhood
First Line: First to the feet of pain she bore
Last Line: Your little tearless children bless.
Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs.
Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Childhood
FIRST to the feet of Pain she bore
The man his mother comforteth.
Oh childless mothers, pass before!—
Whom—mothers less,
And mothers more,—
Who spared them breath,—
Your little tearless children bless.
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