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but best of all you read to me
Posted by: M (---.ga.at.cox.net)
Date: April 24, 2022 09:05AM

Can anyone help find a poem that ends with the line, "but best of all you read to me"?


Re: Find a Poem
Posted by: ilza (---.user.veloxzone.com.br)
Date: April 25, 2022 08:03PM

not this one ?
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THE READING MOTHER
Strickland Gillilan

I HAD A MOTHER who read to me
Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea,
Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,
"Blackbirds" stowed in the hold beneath

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 Celert the hound of the hills of Wales,
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness blent 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.


Re: Find a Poem
Posted by: Eva (---.proxy.aol.com)
Date: July 04, 2021 12:10PM

Thank you so much: This is exactly what I wanted!


Re: but best of all you read to me
Posted by: ilza (200.199.70.---)
Date: July 04, 2021 06:19PM

nice to know, Eva, I like it too ...

but I should say "I had a father ..." instead !




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