Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAMMA!, by ANNA MARIA WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: My own mamma! Last Line: So long away again. Alternate Author Name(s): Wells, A. M. Subject(s): Mothers | ||||||||
MY own mamma! My dear mamma! How happy I shall be, To-morrow night, At candle-light, When she comes home to me. To-morrow night At candle-light,-- Yes, that's the time, they say, That she'll be here Our mother dear,-- How long she's been away, 'Tis just a week, Since on my cheek She pressed the parting kiss; It seems like two,-- I never knew So long a week as this. My tangled hair She smoothed with care, With water bathed my brow; And all with such A gentle touch,-- There's none to do so now. I cannot play When she's away; There's none to laugh with me; And much I miss The tender kiss,-- The seat upon her knee. When up to bed I'm sorrowing led, I linger on the stairs; I lie and weep I cannot sleep-- I scarce can say my prayers. But she will come, She'll be at home To-morrow night, and then I hope that she Will never be So long away again. | 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 |
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