The Little Comforter

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Title:     The Little Comforter
Author: Dinah M. Mulock Craik [More Titles by Craik]

"WHAT is wrong with my big brother?"
Says the child;
For they two had got no mother
And she loved him like no other:
If he smiled,
All the world seemed bright and gay
To this happy little May.

If to her he sharply spoke,
This big brother--
Then her tender heart nigh broke;
But the cruel pain that woke,
She would smother--
As a little woman can;--
Was he not almost a man?

But when trouble or disgrace
Smote the boy,
She would lift her gentle face--
Surely 'twas her own right place.
To bring joy?
For she loved him--loved him so!
Whether he was good or no

May be he will never feel
Half her love;
Wound her, and forget to heal:
Idle words are sharp as steel:
But above,
I know what the angels say
Of this silent little May.

[The end]
Dinah M. Mulock Craik's poem: Little Comforter

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