Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHILD AND MOTHER, by JOHN BANISTER TABB


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First Line: Look on thy mother's face
Last Line: "magnificat"" in wondering love to say."
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women - Bible; Virgin Mary


Look on Thy Mother's face,
That miracle of grace,
O Son Divine!
That, bending, she may see
A greater mystery
Revealed in Thine.

Without Thee, she had been
Nor Mother Blessed nor Queen;
Nor wouldest Thou,
Her lowliness apart,
Have borne the Human Heart
Thou bearest now.

Lo! earth and heaven -- the footstool and the throne
Of Him who bowed obedient to thy sway,
What time in lowly Nazareth, unknown,
He led of life the long-sequestered way --
Pause, till their tongues are tutored of thine own,
"Magnificat" in wondering love to say.





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