Friendship Poems

Friendship Poems by Robert William Service

Young Mother
By Robert William Service Her baby was so full of glee, And through the day It laughed and babbled on her knee In happy play. It pulled her hair all out of curl With noisy joy; So peppy she was glad her girl Was not... Continue reading Young Mother

The Mother
By Robert William Service There will be a singing in your heart, There will be a rapture in your eyes; You will be a woman set apart, You will be so wonderful and wise. You will sleep, and when from dreams you start, As of... Continue reading The Mother

Spartan Mother
By Robert William Service My mother loved her horses and Her hounds of pedigree; She did not kiss the baby hand I held to her in glee. Of course I had a sweet nou-nou Who tended me with care, And mother reined her nag to... Continue reading Spartan Mother

Someone's Mother
By Robert William Service Someone's Mother trails the street Wrapt in rotted rags; Broken slippers on her feet Drearily she drags; Drifting in the bitter night, Gnawing gutter bread, With a face of tallow white, Listless as the dead. Someone's Mother in the dim Of... Continue reading Someone's Mother

The Mother
By Robert William Service Your children grow from you apart, Afar and still afar; And yet it should rejoice your heart To see how glad they are; In school and sport, in work and play, And last, in wedded bliss How others claim with joy... Continue reading The Mother