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A few poems

  Grow out of my arms   Grow out of my arms – my son – my baby,             Grow up a man well loved to be, Go out into the arms of the wide-wide world             Grow out of my arms – my son – my baby.   Stride ahead with firmness of step,             Put forth your hand to aid and help, Be it a friend, be it a foe,             Jus’ remember – goodwill - it needs a hoe.   Take out the venom, put in the honey,             Lay the sweet open, for all to see, Water a plant, pick out a weed,             Look to the sun – and place a seed.   When I could gather all of you to me,     ...