TOMPS 'ud allus haf to say Somepin' 'bout "his Mother's way." -- @3He@1 lived hard-like -- never j'ined Any church of any kind. -- "It was Mother's way," says he, "To be good enough fer @3me@1 And her too, -- and cert'inly Lord has heerd @3her@1 pray!" Propped up on his dyin' bed, -- "Shore as Heaven's overhead, I'm a-goin' there," he said -- "It was Mother's way." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JOHN ERICSSON DAY MEMORIAL, 1918 by CARL SANDBURG THE SONG OF THE PILGRIMS by RUPERT BROOKE TO THE AUTHOR OF 'THE ROBBERS' (SCHILLER) by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE THE PARTING OF THE WAYS by JOSEPH BENSON GILDER A THUNDERSTORM IN TOWN by THOMAS HARDY COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, 1803 by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH SONNET TO W-- P-- by BERNARD BARTON HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 14 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |