poetry - LOVE AND DUTY TO PARENTS.

LOVE AND DUTY TO PARENTS.

My father, my mother, I know, I cannot your kindness repay; But I hope that, as older I grow, I shall learn your commands to obey.

You loved me before I could tell Who it was that so tenderly smiled; But now that I know it so well, I should be a dutiful child.

I am sorry that ever I should Be naughty and give you a pain; I hope I shall learn to be good, And so never grieve you again.

But, for fear that I should dare From all your commands to depart, Whenever I'm saying my prayer I'll ask for a dutiful heart.