A WIFE whose love has vanquished doubt and fear, In faith and courage man's eternal mate, Of reason and of will commensurate! A loveliness that time will but endear, Whereof the flower, enfolding, year by year, A soul more beautiful, with light elate, Steals sweetness from the winds of adverse fate— Like snowy lilies fed with radiance clear! Man's Home and Comrade,—passionate, pure and strong, Among the merry, gay with quip and jest, To all the sad and lonely, motherhood!— The heart of him she loves, to war with wrong! He is her Strength and she to Him is Rest, Revealing, each to each, Truth, Beauty, Good. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DEATH IN THE DESERT by ROBERT BROWNING SONG, FR. ERNEST MALTRAVERS by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON ON WORDSWORTH by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE SEA GODS: 2 by HILDA DOOLITTLE THE SONG OF THE BOW, FR. THE WHITE COMPANY by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE GRANDMOTHER'S STORY OF BUNKER HILL BATTLE by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES |