I've wet my path with tears like dew, Weeping for him when no one knew. My Son, if thou be humbled, poor, Hopeless of honour and of gain, Oh ! do not dread thy mother's door; Think not of me with grief and pain: I now can see with better eyes; And worldly... Not in Vain - Page 182by Mary E. Palgrave - 1884Full view - About this book
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