Stepfathers of Grown Children Find the Grace

Music: Pavana & Galiardo: The Earle of Salisbury. By William Byrd. Sequenced by John Sankey.

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Stepfathers of grown children find the grace To love beneath a banner of their own. Each is more than friend, though not by blood; Parent, yet not part of childhood; Father, yes, in truth, but not in stone. Arms open ever to our long embrace, They give to us what's theirs to give alone: Hearts unhindered by a child's good, Ears unhampered by what words we would, Regard deep rooted in a single tone Shared through fondness for a single face.