Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHERS OF MEN, by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR First Line: I hold no cause worth my son's life,' one said Last Line: Her son the dreamer's cross? Subject(s): Mothers & Sons; World War I; First World War | ||||||||
"I hold no cause worth my son's life," one said And the two women with her as she spoke Joined glances in a hush that neither broke, So present was the memory of their dead. And through their meeting eyes their souls drew near, Linked by their sons, men who had held life dear But laid it down for something dearer still. One had wrought out with patient iron will The riddle of a pestilence, and won, Fighting on stricken, till his work was done For children of tomorrow. Far away In shell-torn soil of France the other lay, And in the letter that his mother read Over and over, kneeling as to pray "I'm thanking God with all my heart today, Whatever comes" (that was the day he died) "I've done my bit to clear the road ahead." In those two mothers, common pain of loss Blossomed in starry flowers of holy pride, What thoughts were hers who silent stood beside Her son the dreamer's cross? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...D'ANNUNZIO by ERNEST HEMINGWAY 1915: THE TRENCHES by CONRAD AIKEN TO OUR PRESIDENT by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE HORSES by KATHARINE LEE BATES CHILDREN OF THE WAR by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE U-BOAT CREWS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE RED CROSS NURSE by KATHARINE LEE BATES WAR PROFITS by KATHARINE LEE BATES THE UNCHANGEABLE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN A LYNMOUTH WIDOW by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR |
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