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Show J OUR MOTHERS j t With little cheeks against the pane t ' You watched the sheets of summer rain. a "And will it ever stop," you said. . i (She stroked ycur frightened baby head), t i "The stars how many miles away? f J Do even children die some day? $ . Is heaven far above the blue?" ' 0 (She answered every one lor you.) 1 And when you left the fireside's light 4 To go away up to bed at night, i Where shadows lurked along the- wall 4 a (Those were her footsteps in the hall). ' You saw the sallow moonlight flow ' On fields of dying things below, i 4 But far away somewhere you kn;w ' 4 A silent prayer went up for you. . i The years live as a moment stays, 4 Tomorrows tint your yesterdays; 4 . The May wind tells where lilacs are, a A sleighbell tinkles to a star; ' 4 Now we are young our voices call, J t Now faded portraits on the walL 4 . More sweet these hours with her will grow a As they pass to the long ago, i And should you speak some day to men, 4 t "Had I my 'life to live arain " 4 May you live now that you can say, i . "I would not change a single day!" i Thomas Hornsby FerriL $ 'z |