Monday, November 12, 2018

Sgt. Thorndyke Sends Mom and Poem from France, 1918

“A Line to Mother,” from The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Nov. 11, 1918

Mrs. J. Wilcox of Lumberton received the following the other day form her son Sgt. G.W. Thorndyke, Co. C, 17th Eng., in France:

Now here goes a line to mother,
   The best of all the lot,
With a simple little message
   Just a sweet forget-me not.
It’s sent to her from some one
   Sealed with a kiss of love,
To wish her joy and comfort
   And blessings from above.

May if find her well and happy
   As the morn I went away,
May it make her burden lighter
   As she works from day to day;
May it chase  away the wrinkles
   From her apt-to-worry brow
And keep that smile a-smiling
   Till we’ve finished up this row.

There’s a brighter day a-coming
   For us and those back home;
There’s ships of joy and happiness
   To sail us o’er the foam.
And sights will be most wonderful
   As loved ones greet each other—
But none will be so tender
   As when sonny greets his mother.

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