The Reading Mother

I couldn’t find one of my favorite poems on my own blog today!
Pity.
So I’m posting it again and putting a link to it so I can find it in the future.
Ha.
The Reading Mother by Strickland Gillian
I had a Mother who read me lays
Of ancient and gallant and golden days;
Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,
Which every boy has a right to know.
I had a Mother who read me tales
Of Gelert the hound of the hills of Wales,
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness lent with his final breath.
I had a Mother who read me the things
That wholesome life to the boy heart brings-
Stories that stir with an upward touch.
Oh, that each mother of boys were such!
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be –
I had a Mother who read to me.
I have the most amazingly talented wife. Wow!
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