 | Baptists - 1878 - 300 pages
...badge of motherhood I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought me only good. And if, some night, when you sit down to rest, You miss the elbow on your tired knee — This restless curly head from off your breast, This lisping tongue... | |
 | ALPHONSO A. HOPKINS - 1876 - 376 pages
...badge of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought me only good. And if, some night, when you sit down to rest, You...this elbow from your tired knee — This restless, curly head from off your breast, This lisping tongue that chatters constantly : If from your own the... | |
 | 1872 - 320 pages
...badge of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly, The little child that brought me only good. And if some night when you sit down to rest, You miss...white feet into their grave had tripped, I could not blanu! you for your heartache then ! I wonder s , that mother's ever fret At little children clinging... | |
 | Readers - 1884 - 794 pages
...badge of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought me only good. And if, some night when you sit down to rest, You...If the white feet into their grave had tripped, I wonder so that mothers ever frot At little children clinging to their gown ; Or that the footprints,... | |
 | Elder James A. Little - 1872 - 862 pages
...bartgs of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft, and tenderly. The little child that brought mo only good. And if. some night when you sit down to rest, You...hands had slipped, And ne'er would nestle in your palm ag*in : If the white feet into their grave had tripped. I could not blame you for your heart-ache then:... | |
 | William Darrah - 1875 - 200 pages
...that brought me only good. And if, some night when you sit down to rest, You missed the elbow from the tired knee, — This restless curling head from off...nestle in your palm again, — If the white feet into the grave had tripped ; — I could not blame you for your heart-ache then ! I wonder so that mothers... | |
 | 1873 - 548 pages
...badge of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought me only good. And if, some night, when you sit down to rest, You miss the elbow from your tired knee, This restless, curling head, from off your breast, This lisping tongue... | |
 | Recitations - 1876 - 732 pages
...badge of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought me "only good. And if, some night when you sit down to rest, You...breast, — This lisping tongue that chatters constantly ; I wonder so that mothers ever fret At little children clinging to their gown ; Or that the footprints,... | |
 | 1876 - 732 pages
...badge of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought me only good. And if, some night when you sit down to rest, You...curling head from off your breast, — This lisping tongne that chatters constantly; If from your own the dimpled hands had slipped, And ne'er would nestle... | |
 | John De Fraine - 1877 - 56 pages
...badge of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly, The little child that brought me only good. And if some night when you sit down to rest, You miss...tripped ; I could not blame you for your heartache then. I wonder so that mothers ever fret At little children clinging at their gown ; Or that the footprints... | |
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We are so dull and thankless ; and too slow To catch the sunshine till it slips away. And now it seems surpassing strange to me, That while I wore the badge of motherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought me only good. 
