Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MY SON PHILIP, by ETHEL BLYTHE PENNINGROTH


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MY SON PHILIP, by                    
First Line: My son, my son, you are to me
Last Line: So many things I want to be!
Subject(s): Sons


My son, my son, you are to me
So many things I used to be
That when I take you by the hand,
And wander to some far-off land
(A land of knights and spurs and kings,
And many other wondrous things)
I feel again their lure with you;
For all those things I used to do.

And yet you always face the fact,
Perform your every meted act
With grace and wisdom past your years;
Untroubled by any doubts and fears,
Although I know the tasks for you
Are hard as ever mine to do.
Perchance your trip to a far-off land
Will strengthen you for tasks at hand!

My son, my son, you still teach me
So many things I want to be!





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