---
title: Improvement Era
description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930.
authors:
  - Hewer, A. C. A. Dean
collections:
  - periodicals
tags:
  - magazine
  - improvement-era
periodical: Improvement Era
volume: 25
number: 1
published: 1921-11
publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations
publisher_place: Salt Lake City
language: en
type: magazine
reference: 'A. C. A. Dean Hewer, "My Little Son," *Improvement Era* 25, no. 1 (November 1921): 19.'
source:
  url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2501unse
  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: improvementera2501unse
start_page: 19
end_page: 19
rights:
  status: public-domain
  basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1921-11)
  source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2501unse
  publication_year: 1921
  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 1921, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright.
---

# My Little Son
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My Little Son Ah, little boy of love, my own boy blue!' Fresh from the heaven above, pure as the dew. Cuddle close to my breast, sweetest, wee son, Lie in my arms at rest, for day is done. Night with its dreams of bliss, cometh at last. On your dear eyes a kiss, go hold them fast. Ah, how my bosom swells, filled full with joy! Of life your breathing tells, sweet little boy. I thank our Father kind, that you are mine. And in my eyes you'll find lovelight ashine' Hobart, Tasmania A. C. A. Dean Hewer