Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOTHER, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The mother soothes her mantled child Last Line: The wordless measure of her woe. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Mothers | ||||||||
The mother soothes her mantled child With incantation sad and wild; A deep compassion brims her eye And stills upon her lips, the sigh. Her thoughts are leaping down the years, O'er branding bars, through seething tears, Her heart is sandaling his feet Adown the world's corroding street. Then, with a start she dons a smile His tender yearnings to beguile, And only God will ever know The wordless measure of her woe. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS IN THE 25TH YEAR OF MY MOTHER'S DEATH by JUDY JORDAN THE PAIDLIN' WEAN by ALEXANDER ANDERSON BLASTING FROM HEAVEN by PHILIP LEVINE OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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