--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Malin, Fill collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 23 number: 7 published: 1920-05 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Malin, Fill, "Darling Mother Mine," *Improvement Era* 23, no. 7 (May 1920): 598.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2307unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2307unse start_page: 598 end_page: 598 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1920-05) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2307unse publication_year: 1920 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1920, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Darling Mother Mine Darling Mother Mine Within the throne-room of my heart, More glorious and kind Than angel sweet or fairy queen, A vision is enshrined. And Heaven's light is in her eyes, And wondrous sweet and fair The smile that hovers o'er her lips, Though shadowed oft with care. I gaze upon the hallowed brow Where threads of silver shine, And kneel me humbly at the feet Of Darling Mother Mine. Fill Malin