Thursday 26 September 2019

To His Daughter

My dear, as you the day’s journey take,
   This world caressing,
Know my thoughts are ever with you
   With every blessing.

From mornings, at your shower and dressing,
Your work with rush and clients pressing,
To evenings with sighs and love’s guessing,
Know my thoughts are ever with you
   With every blessing.

My dear, the careless world is glib,
   All hopes compressing,
But know my thoughts are ever with you
   With every blessing.

And when love’s found with glad confessing,
And marriage with a coy congressing,
And then a family coalescing,
Know my thoughts are ever with you
   With every blessing.

My dear, at last, since all are called,
   Past convalescing,
Know I went ever thinking of you
   With every blessing.

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© April 2015