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CARING FOR ONE'S MOTHER by ALEXANDER POPE

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO ROCK THE CRADLE OF REPOSING AGE
Last Line: AND KEEP AWHILE ONE PARENT FROM THE SKY!
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
To rock the cradle of reposing age,
With lenient arts extend a mother's breath,
Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death,
Explore the thought, explain the asking eye,
And keep awhile one parent from the sky!



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