Mabel Plaskett Poem to Peggy on Her Birthday
'When first I held you in my arms, Oh twenty years are long…' — Mabel's poem for her daughter Peggy.
Mabel Plaskett wrote a touching poem to her daughter Peggy (Ethel Margaret) on her 20th birthday, reflecting on motherhood: “When first I held you in my arms, Oh twenty years are long—And fondly called you Margaret, As in the poets song… There is a truth Id have you keep, Nor let dark doubt erase, That nothing in this world can take, A first-born daughters place.”