With thee may I behold th’ eternal face.

William Pulling.

A mother’s love

Is an undying feeling. Earth may chill

And sever other sympathies, and prove

How weak all human bonds are; it may kill

Friendships, and crush hearts with them—but the thrill

Of the maternal breast must ever move

In blest communion with her child, and fill

Even Heaven itself with prayers and hymns of love.