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To you, dear mother heart, whose hair is gray              Above this page to-day,              Whose face, though lined with many a smile and care,              Grows year by year more fair,              Be tenderest tribute set in perfect rhyme,              That haply passing time              May cull and keep it for strange lips to pay              When we have gone our way;              And, to strange men, weary of field and street,              Should this, my song, seem sweet,              Yours be the joy, for all that made it so              You know, dear heart, you know.

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"To you, dear mother heart, whose hair is gray..."

This evocative piece by John Charles McNeill, titled "Lines", represents a masterful exploration of classic. The lines capture a profound emotional resonance... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

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