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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THIS BEAUTIFUL BOY, by MAY LOUISE RILEY SMITH
First Line: So pure is my child, that I dare to say
Last Line: When he gave this beautiful boy to me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Mary Louise Riley
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: So pure is my child, that I dare to say
Last Line: When he gave this beautiful boy to me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Mary Louise Riley
Subject(s): Mothers
SO pure is my child, that I dare to say
His Maker would not despise
To color the sky on some rare June day,
From the blue in his handsome eyes;
And this is the sweetest thought there can be--
This beautiful boy belongs to me.
They tell me the world is a dreary place,
And heavily sown with tears;
But when I look in my child's dear face,
My heart is too glad for fears;
Glad, as the good Lord meant me to be,
When He gave this beautiful boy to me.
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