Poems (Helen Jenkins)/To Ethel

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TO ETHEL.
Out from her home the loving mother went,
Not knowing that the Master then had sent
His messenger for her,—that nevermore
Her feet should walk within that open door.
Yet from her lips as precious precept fell
As if she knew it was her last farewell.
"Be a good girl!" What more could mother say,
In tender admonition, ere she went away?
Deep in your heart, her words will ever be
A sacred amulet bestowed on thee,
To keep thy life from every evil free.
O, Father! Thou wilt ever keep and bless
With watchful love and care, the motherless.


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