Relationships
To My Mother
From Lyrics of Earth (1895)
Relationships
Mother, to whose valiant will,
Battling long ago,
What the heaping years fulfil,
Light and song, I owe;
Send my little book a-field,
Fronting praise or blame
With the shining flag and shield
Of your name.
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Codex Note
From Lyrics of Earth (1895)
Cite this poem
MLA
Lampman, Archibald. “To My Mother.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lampman/72/.
Chicago
Lampman, Archibald. “To My Mother.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lampman/72/.
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