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A MOTHER'S HEART by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER

First Line: NEVER WAS PRIDEFUL WEALTH, POWER, OR FAME
Last Line: THE UNSELFISHNESS THAT IS A MOTHER'S HEART.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
NEVER was prideful wealth, power, or fame
That glanced not back beyond its haughtiness
With tenderest longing and a welling eye
Unto those earlier days, when a clear flame
Burned steadfast on the hearth of home, to bless
A past that knew no pomp, to smile and sigh
Wistfully for that better, finer part:
The unselfishness that is a mother's heart.



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