Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE IDEAL WIFE (WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF NATIONALITY), by ANNIE MATHESON Poet's Biography First Line: A wife whose love has vanquished doubt and fear Last Line: Revealing, each to each, truth, beauty, good. Subject(s): Ethnic Differences; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives | ||||||||
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 BLESSING FOR A WEDDING by JANE HIRSHFIELD A SUITE FOR MARRIAGE by DAVID IGNATOW ADVICE TO HER SON ON MARRIAGE by MARY BARBER THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD KISSING AGAIN by DORIANNE LAUX A TIME PAST by DENISE LEVERTOV |
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