Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, COMFORT, by EMMA PENROD NORRIS


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COMFORT, by                    
First Line: No, my boy, you are not away
Last Line: You are by my side all day, my son.
Subject(s): Mothers & Sons


No, my boy, you are not away,
You are by my side the livelong day.
I feel your touch, I see your face
Reflected in everything about the place.
I see you as a baby tot;
Ah no! I haven't so soon forgot
Those years when all hope and joy
Seemed to center around my baby boy.
Then, so very soon, you were six
And off to school, and out to mix
With other lads, and to learn the way
Of the world, and wonder at new mysteries each day;
The while at home I waited and hoped and prayed
That from your learning great plans were being laid.
Then, in a few short years, or months it seems,
You were a big grown-up lad in your teens,
Helping at daily tasks, and at night
Delving into books, and living with men of might
Who gave to the world from their pen
The best they had in store, -- and then
You dreamed, and longed that you
Might do the things you had hoped to do.
And now, so soon, your dreams have come true,
And your life is fuller and richer and new.
But, as you revel in your glories won,
You are by my side all day, my son.





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