I hope that you will also find this footprints poem uplifting, as you read it today The original words to footprints in the sand mary stevenson originally wrote the poem footprints in the sand in 1936 when she was only 14 years old. Footprints in the sand, a beautiful poem Poem written by mary fishback powers, footprints walking by the seashore When you saw only one set of footprints in the sand, it was then that i carried you. Below is the version of footprints in the sand by mary stevenson, written in 1939
This version of the poem is the oldest version and on on may 3, 1997 proof of authenticity was given to mary stevenson for this poem. Footprints in the sand one night i dreamt that i was walking along the beach with my lord Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life For each scene, i noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to me and one to my lord. When the last scene of his life flashed before him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand He noticed that many times along the path of his life there was only one set of footprints.
Mary wrote 'footprints' in 1936 when she was very young and knew nothing of copyrighting Many have falsely claimed authorship including margaret fishback powers This is the only authorized footprints in the sand web site on the internet. In each scene i noticed footprints in the sand Sometimes there were two sets of footprints, other times there were one set of footprints This bothered me because i noticed that during the low periods of my life, when i was suffering from anguish, sorrow, or defeat, i could see only one set of footprints.
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