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Strickland Gillilan Quotes

American writer

Strickland W. Gillilan (1869–1954) was an American journalist, author, poet, humorist and speaker. He is most famous for the poem "The Reading Mother", which remains a popular poem on Mother's Day. He is also recognized as the author of "Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes", said to be the shortest poem ever written.

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You may have tangible wealth untold; </br> Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. </br> Richer than I you can never be — </br> I had a Mother who read to me.

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