The Reading Mother
Strickland Gillilan
1869 to 1954
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I had a mother who read to me
Sagas ______ pirates who scoured the sea,
Cutlasses clenched in their ______ teeth,
“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath
I had ______ Mother who read me lays
Of ancient and gallant ______ golden days;
Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,
Which every ______ has a right to know.
I had a Mother ______ read me tales
Of Celert the hound of the ______ of Wales,
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness blent with his final breath.
I had a ______ who read me the things
That wholesome life to ______ boy heart brings-
Stories that stir with an upward touch,
Oh, that each mother of boys were such.
You ______ have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers ______ gold.
Richer than I you can never be —
______ had a Mother who read to me.