the image of this bookmark kindly donated
by Georg Hartong, The Netherlands
TO MY
MOTHER
image of red roses
with words beneath:-
TO MY MOTHER
DEAR MOTHER,
LET THY TENDER
CARE
BE GRAVEN ON
MY HEART;
MAY GOD FOR
YEARS THY LIFE YET
SHARE,
AVERTING DEATH'S
RUDE DART.
HOW GRATEFULLY
I FEEL THY
WORTH,
OH, MOTHER!
HOW I LOVE THEE!
MAY JOY AWAIT
THEE HERE ON
EARTH,
AND HEAVEN SMILE
ABOVE THEE.
