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Poem
July 1, 1893
The Lamar Register
Lamar, Prowers County, Colorado
What is this article about?
A heartsick son returns guiltily to his boyhood home, seeks comfort and prayer at his mother's knee; she forgives him, inspiring resolve to begin life anew.
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Heart and despised of it
Leaves for his nest the leaf among,
As bird with a broken wing
To his boyhood's home again
He crept like some guilty thing.
AT HIS
MOTHER'S
KNEE.
The peace of that home longed he,
Fell in her lap in the dear old way
Prayed as he heard at his mother's knee.
And listen once more
Like some childhood's spirit held away,
Behold at his fevered head
She did not believe that his heart was bad.
For she could not forget, you see,
Her son to be comforted
Happy
On a mother's forgiveness one sin absolve?
Prayer at his mother's knee
There sprang within him a new resolve,
A word of that dear hand
Through repentant tears that fell like rain
Old
To begin life over again
Before few years to the
Lit there at his mother's knee.
-E. G. Hankey, in St. Louis Republic
Leaves for his nest the leaf among,
As bird with a broken wing
To his boyhood's home again
He crept like some guilty thing.
AT HIS
MOTHER'S
KNEE.
The peace of that home longed he,
Fell in her lap in the dear old way
Prayed as he heard at his mother's knee.
And listen once more
Like some childhood's spirit held away,
Behold at his fevered head
She did not believe that his heart was bad.
For she could not forget, you see,
Her son to be comforted
Happy
On a mother's forgiveness one sin absolve?
Prayer at his mother's knee
There sprang within him a new resolve,
A word of that dear hand
Through repentant tears that fell like rain
Old
To begin life over again
Before few years to the
Lit there at his mother's knee.
-E. G. Hankey, in St. Louis Republic
What sub-type of article is it?
Ballad
What themes does it cover?
Moral Virtue
Religious Faith
What keywords are associated?
Mother's Knee
Repentance
Forgiveness
Prayer
Homecoming
What entities or persons were involved?
E. G. Hankey, In St. Louis Republic
Poem Details
Title
At His Mother's Knee
Author
E. G. Hankey, In St. Louis Republic
Subject
Son's Repentance And Mother's Forgiveness
Key Lines
He Crept Like Some Guilty Thing.
Prayed As He Heard At His Mother's Knee.
There Sprang Within Him A New Resolve,