SOME MOTHER'S CHILD.
At home or away, in the alley or street, Whenever I chance in this wide world to meet A girl that is thoughtless, or a boy that i« wild. My heart echoes softly, " 'Tis some mother's child." And when I pee tlvse o'er whom long years have rolled. Whose heart* have grown hardened, whose spirits are cold, Be it woman all fallen. o r man all defiled, A voice whispers sadly, " Ah! some mother's child " No matter how far from the right she hath strayed ; No matter what inroads dishonor hath made ; No matter what element cankered the pearl — Though tarnished and sullied, she is some mother's girl. No matter how wayward his foot«teps have been; No matter how deep he is sunken in fin ; No mattter how low in his staudnr<i of joy — Though guilty and loathsome, he is some mother's boy. That head hath boon pillowed on tenderestbrpast; That form hath been wept o'er, those lips have been pressed ; That soul hath been prayed for in tones sweet and mild ; For her sake deal gently with some mother's child. American Phren. Journal.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 6, 7 January 1870, Page 3
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187SOME MOTHER'S CHILD. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 6, 7 January 1870, Page 3
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