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O mother, if I could hold you close.
If I might draw you very near
and tell the spectra death to go
and cease to fill my heart with fear

that I might lose you soon-too soon
and your sweet voice no longer hear.
Your precious life I would prolong,
I cannot bear to think you borne

forever away on mystic sea
to an unseen shore, how forlorn
how utterly desolate life will be
when mother leaves me her to mourn.

Yet, a part of you I'll always keep.
The memory of your gentle ways,
your patience, love and godliness
will inspire and help me through the days.

The prayers you've given in my behalf
shall ever lowest spirits raise.
Nothing can ever take away
the memory of your life worthwhile.

Simply lived yet rich and full
sustained by God each weary mile..
O God may I through future years
be as deserving of Your smile.

o
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