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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHER'S KISSES, by ANNIE BALCOMB WHEELER
First Line: They're good for bumps, and good for lumps
Last Line: Mother's kisses.
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: They're good for bumps, and good for lumps
Last Line: Mother's kisses.
Subject(s): Mothers
THEY'RE good for bumps, and good for lumps,
They're even good for dumps and grumps,
They're good for stings of "bumble-bees"
And barks from "shinnying" cherry-trees.
For splinters, sun-burn, "skeeter-bites,"
For "injured feelings" after fights,
And scratches, scratched while Tabby hisses--
Mother's kisses.
There's naught so pure, there's naught so sure,
Indeed, they seem a heavenly cure,
For pounded fingers, and stubbed toes,
And all the long, long list of woes,
Yet did you ever think it queer
That while they're fine for every fear
They're just as fine with all the blisses--
Mother's kisses.
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