<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413704" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Dad</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dad.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My father was a clever man<br>Though limited in his view.<br>His motto do the best you can<br> that’s all anyone can do.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He raises his brood without his mate.<br>She died when I was very small<br>He did not flinch or hesitate<br> but did his best to teach us all.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The values which held to be<br> paramount to everyone.<br>Integrity and honesty<br> and not to fear to stand alone.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His word once given would be kept<br> if it were possible to do.<br>Reluctantly he would accept<br> there were some things he must review.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When fate stepped in and called a halt<br>dictating change of circumstance.<br> He knew that he was not at fault<br>His wishes did not stand a chance.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I was young I thought that he<br> accepted far too readily<br>Limits to opportunity<br> I was too naïve to see.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">His life had been a great success<br> he had in fact achieved his aim.<br>Stuck by his motto done his best.<br>He was a winner in life’s game.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I hold his values true today<br> and do the very best I can.<br>To emulate him day by day.<br>My father was a gentle man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">1-Jan-08</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=413704" data-title="Dad de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Dad. My father was a clever man Though limited in his view. His motto do the best you can that’s all anyone can do. He raises his brood without his mate. She died when I was very small He did not flinch or hesitate but did his best to teach ..."></div> </div> </div>

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