Shall she come down and on our level stand? Nay, God forbid it! May a mother's eyes -- Love's earliest home, the heaven of babyland -- Forever bend above us as we rise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 110. THE OASIS OF SIDI KHALED by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT GREEN RIVER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT ON THE 'VITA NUOVA' OF DANTE by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI RECONCILIATION by WALT WHITMAN A SONNET. ON THE PICTURE OF CAVALIER GUARINI PAINTED BY BORGIANNI by PHILIP AYRES |