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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOTHER'S HYMN, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lord, who ordainest for mankind
Last Line: In ways of love and truth and right.
Variant Title(s): The Mother's Charge
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: Lord, who ordainest for mankind
Last Line: In ways of love and truth and right.
Variant Title(s): The Mother's Charge
Subject(s): Mothers
"Blessed art thou among women."
LORD who ordainest for mankind
Benignant toils and tender cares,
We thank thee for the ties that bind
The mother to the child she bears.
We thank thee for the hopes that rise
Within her heart, as, day by day,
The dawning soul, from those young eyes,
Looks with a clearer, steadier ray.
And grateful for the blessing given
With that dear infant on her knee,
She trains the eye to look to heaven,
The voice to lisp a prayer to Thee.
Such thanks the blessed Mary gave
When from her lap the Holy Child,
Sent from on high to seek and save
The lost of earth, looked up and smiled.
All-Gracious! grant to those who bear
A mother's charge, the strength and light
To guide the feet that own their care
In ways of Love and Truth and Right.
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