Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MOTHER'S BREAST, by WILLIAM CHANNING GANNETT Poet's Biography First Line: When among all life's miracles I try Last Line: Makes gentlest landfall on a mother's breast. Subject(s): Mothers | ||||||||
WHEN among all life's miracles I try What highest arguments may certify That God is good, however things may seem, On this I rest, and evil dims like dream.-- Each little soul that voyages toward birth. When it arrives on earth, Makes gentlest landfall on a mother's breast. | 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 AUNT PHILLIS'S GUEST; ST HELENA ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1863 by WILLIAM CHANNING GANNETT |
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