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When you think of a mother\u2019s love, what comes to mind? Kindness. Patience. Gentleness. Goodness. Love.<\/p>\n
Perhaps, like the poet Strickland Gillian in his poem, “The Reading Mother”, one thing stands out above all the rest of the many things that our mother may have done.<\/p>\n
For Strickland Gillian, his mother\u2019s love was demonstrated through her act of reading to him.<\/p>\n
\nThe Reading Mother<\/em><\/p>\n
Strickland Gillian<\/em><\/p>\n
I had a mother who read to me<\/em>
\nSagas of pirates who scoured the sea,<\/em>
\nCutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth,<\/em>
\n“Blackbirds” stowed in the hold beneath.<\/em><\/p>\nI had a Mother who read me lays<\/em>
\nOf ancient and gallant and golden days;<\/em>
\nStories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,<\/em>
\nWhich every boy has a right to know.<\/em><\/p>\nI had a Mother who read me tales<\/em>
\nOf Gelert the hound of the hills of Wales,<\/em>
\nTrue to his trust till his tragic death,<\/em>
\nFaithfulness blent with his final breath.<\/em><\/p>\nI had a Mother who read me the things<\/em>
\nThat wholesome life to the boy heart brings–<\/em>
\nStories that stir with an upward touch,<\/em>
\nOh, that each mother of boys were such!<\/em><\/p>\nYou may have tangible wealth untold;<\/em>
\nCaskets of jewels and coffers of gold.<\/em>
\nRicher than I you can never be–<\/em>
\nI had a Mother who read to me.<\/em><\/p>\n(poem in public domain)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I wish you well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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