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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHERS' EYES, by DIANA KEARNY POWELL
First Line: Immortal blue, so gentle, holy, true
Last Line: The blue, blue tenderness of mother eyes.
Subject(s): Eyes; Mothers
First Line: Immortal blue, so gentle, holy, true
Last Line: The blue, blue tenderness of mother eyes.
Subject(s): Eyes; Mothers
Immortal blue, so gentle, holy, true, --
The blue that was the color of her eyes!
If I should run the gamut of each hue,
I'd choose the dearest, noblest shade, the blue
Of murmuring seas beneath October skies.
For ragged robin and the indigo,
That rival sapphire wings of butterflies,
For far-off hills and shadows on the snow
I thank the Lord, but thank him most to know
The blue, blue tenderness of mother eyes.
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