<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=508658" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Spartan Mother</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My mother loved her horses and<br> Her hounds of pedigree;<br>She did not kiss the baby hand<br> I held to her in glee.<br>Of course I had a sweet nou-nou<br> Who tended me with care,<br>And mother reined her nag to view<br> Me with a critic air.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So I went to a famous school,<br> But holidays were short;<br>My mother thought me just a fool,<br> Unfit for games and sport.<br>For I was fond of books and art,<br> And hated hound and steed:<br>Said Mother, 'Boy, you break my heart!<br> You are not of our breed.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then came the War. The Mater said:<br> 'Thank God, a son I give<br>To King and Country,'--well, I'm dead<br> Who would have loved to live.<br>'For England's sake,' said she, 'he died.<br> For that my boy I bore.'<br>And now she talks of me with pride.<br> A hero of the War.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mother, I think that you are glad<br> I ended up that way.<br>Your horses and your dogs you had,<br> And still you have today.<br>Your only child you say you gave<br> Your Country to defend . . .<br>Dear Mother, from a hero's grave<br> I--curse you in the end.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Robert+William+Service">Robert William Service</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=508658" data-title="Spartan Mother de Robert William Service" data-description="My mother loved her horses and Her hounds of pedigree; She did not kiss the baby hand I held to her in glee. Of course I had a sweet nou-nou Who tended me with care, And mother reined her nag to view Me with a critic air. So I went to a famou..."></div> </div> </div>

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