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THE FATHER By Ronald Ross
Come with me then, my son; Thine eyes are wide for truth: And I will give thee memories, And thou shalt give me youth. The lake laps in silver, The streamlet leaps her length: And I will give thee wisdom, And thou shalt give me strength. The mist is on the moorland, The rain roughs the reed: And I will give thee patience, And thou shalt give me speed. When lightnings lash the skyline Then thou shalt learn thy part: And when the heav’ns are direst, …