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TO MR. FORBES-ROBERTSON: 24. THE WORLD'S NEED, by                    
First Line: The whole round world is but a woman's child
Last Line: Enjoy and bless her for eternally.
Subject(s): Babies; Children; Earth; Mothers; Infants; Childhood; World


The whole round world is but a woman's child.
Its childish instincts claim what mothers give,
Maternal love, sweet, pure and undefiled
It must have if its better self would live.
Her tenderness, supreme in everything,
The self-denial which all mothers own,
The mother-thought of which the poets sing
And other attributes by mothers shown.

The whole round world of which we are a part
Reflects our feelings be they good or ill,
And what we own to our dear mother's heart
The world doth own to God's Infinite will.
And it receives from Him who gave it birth
The same sweet tenderness and love which we
Who can appreciate our mother's worth
Enjoy and bless her for eternally.





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