Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume III. Sorrow and Consolation. 1904. | | | | V. Death and Bereavement | | The Widow’s Mite | | Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895) |
| | | A WIDOW—she had only one! | |
| A puny and decrepit son; | |
| But, day and night, | |
| Though fretful oft, and weak and small, | |
| A loving child, he was her all— | 5 |
| The Widow’s Mite. | |
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| The Widow’s Mite—ay, so sustained, | |
| She battled onward, nor complained, | |
| Though friends were fewer: | |
| And while she toiled for daily fare, | 10 |
| A little crutch upon the stair | |
| Was music to her. | |
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| I saw her then,—and now I see | |
| That, though resigned and cheerful, she | |
| Has sorrowed much: | 15 |
| She has, He gave it tenderly, | |
| Much faith; and carefully laid by, | |
| The little crutch. | | | | |
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