Poems (Crandall)/A Love Song

by Rosa Neil Crandall

A Love Song

All that is loving and gentle;
All that's unselfish and kind;
All that's forgiving and tender;
All that is pure and refined.

Mild as an evening zephyr,
Sweet as the blossoms of Spring,
One to give cheer and to comfort,
Joy e'en her presense doth bring.

One to be loved, to be honored,
Fortune's sun beaming on high;
Still to be loved, to be trusted,
Shadows tho' darken the sky.

Name pray, this fair, gentle creature,
Has she a fault or a flaw?
Hush! I will tell you a secret,
She is my mother-in-law.