Poems from "A Tribute to a Good Man"
Here are the poems featured on our broadcast "A Tribute to a Good Man."
On our broadcast "A Tribute to a Good Man," Dr. James Dobson honors his late father by reading several poems. You can read "The Highwayman" by Alfred Noyes here, and you can read "Little Boy Blue" by Eugene Field here.
The third poem Dr. Dobson shared was written by his father, James Dobson Sr., for the occasion of his mother's 50th birthday. The text of that poem is below.
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"Your Birthday"
by James Dobson, Sr.
The whole world's singing now that spring has come.
I saw a robin in the morning sun;
Among the pale-green leaves and bursting buds I heard his talk,
But it is autumn where we walk.
'Tis true for us the summer, too, is gone.
Now whip-lashed winds arise and further on
The ice and sleet and cold in grim assault to pierce us through.
Does fall in springtime frighten you?
Impotent shines the April sun so fair
To melt the wisps of frost within your hair.
My dear, I know you feel the threatening gloom,
But I'm with you, and hand in hand
We'll face the winter, too.
The third poem Dr. Dobson shared was written by his father, James Dobson Sr., for the occasion of his mother's 50th birthday. The text of that poem is below.
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"Your Birthday"
by James Dobson, Sr.
The whole world's singing now that spring has come.
I saw a robin in the morning sun;
Among the pale-green leaves and bursting buds I heard his talk,
But it is autumn where we walk.
'Tis true for us the summer, too, is gone.
Now whip-lashed winds arise and further on
The ice and sleet and cold in grim assault to pierce us through.
Does fall in springtime frighten you?
Impotent shines the April sun so fair
To melt the wisps of frost within your hair.
My dear, I know you feel the threatening gloom,
But I'm with you, and hand in hand
We'll face the winter, too.