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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAN LORENZO GIUSTINIANI'S MOTHER, by ALICE MEYNELL Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I had not seen my son's dear face Last Line: But never the son who cannot change. Alternate Author Name(s): Meynell, Wilfrid, Mrs.; Thompson, Alice Christina Subject(s): Lawrence Justinian, Saint (1381-1456) | |||
I had not seen my son's dear face (He chose the cloister by God's grace) Since it had come to full flower-time. I hardly guessed at its perfect prime, That folded flower of his dear face. Mine eyes were veiled by mists of tears When on a day in many years One of his Order came. I thrilled, Facing, I thought, that face fulfilled. I doubted, for my mists of tears. His blessing be with me for ever! My hope and doubt were hard to sever. - That altered face, those holy weeds. I filled his wallet and kissed his beads, And lost his echoing feet for ever. If to my son my alms were given I know not, and I wait for Heaven. He did not plead for child of mine, But for another Child divine, And unto Him it was surely given. There is One alone who cannot change; Dreams are we, shadows, visions strange; And all I give is given to One. I might mistake my dearest son, But never the Son who cannot change. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DEAD HARVEST (IN KENSINGTON GARDENS) by ALICE MEYNELL A FATHER OF WOMEN: AD SOROREM E. B. by ALICE MEYNELL A LETTER FROM A GIRL TO HER OWN OLD AGE by ALICE MEYNELL A POET'S FANCIES: 8. THE MODERN POET; A SONG OF DERIVATIONS by ALICE MEYNELL CHRIST IN THE UNIVERSE by ALICE MEYNELL CRADLE SONG AT TWILIGHT by ALICE MEYNELL |
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