Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MATER DOLOROSA, by PATRICK MACGILL Poet's Biography First Line: He raised the latch in his father's door Last Line: For mary, mother, hears an' sees. Subject(s): Absence; Grief; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Prayer; Solitude; Women - Bible; Separation; Isolation; Sorrow; Sadness; Virgin Mary; Loneliness | ||||||||
HE raised the latch in his father's door, An' went, the dark look on his face I wait an' wait him ivermore, On him I wait for ivermore, As not a wan can fill his place. The kine go east at dawn iv day, In the cold grey dawn I tell my beads, But out in the wurl' an' miles away, An' miles an' miles so far away My Fergus lives an' niver heeds. The kine come back to me at eve, But still he never comes anigh; Through all the night I pray an' grieve, Through all the long, black night I grieve, An' pray to God, an' cry an' cry. An' "Mary pity me," I pray, I pray to God, "Thy will be done," But more to her my prayers I say, To Mary, Mother, more I say, For long ago she lost her Son. I look in the fire an' think an' sing, An' sing the songs he liked to hear, An' often to my mind I bring His form an' face, so well I bring, I think that he is very near. I weep thro' all the lonely night, An' pray an' pray upon my knees, That maybe with the morrow's light He'll come back, with the morrow's light For Mary, Mother, hears an' sees. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN ABEYANCE by DENISE LEVERTOV IN A VACANT HOUSE by PHILIP LEVINE SUNDAY ALONE IN A FIFTH FLOOR APARTMENT, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS SILENCE LIKE COOL SAND by PAT MORA THE HONEY BEAR by EILEEN MYLES |
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