Relationships
His Mother's Way
From Green Fields and Running Brooks (1893)
Relationships
Tomps 'ud allus haf to say
Somepin' 'bout "his mother's way."--
He lived hard-like--never jined
Any church of any kind.--
"It was Mother's way," says he,
"To be good enough fer me
And her too,--and certinly
Lord has heerd her pray!"
Propped up on his dyin' bed,--
"Shore as Heaven's overhead,
I'm a-goin' there," he said---
"It was Mother's way."
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MLA
Riley, James Whitcomb. “His Mother's Way.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/55/.
Chicago
Riley, James Whitcomb. “His Mother's Way.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/55/.
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