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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MAMMY, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: I loved her countenance whereon
Last Line: It is my mammy's face.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: I loved her countenance whereon
Last Line: It is my mammy's face.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Mothers
I loved her countenance whereon,
Despite the longest day,
The tenderness of visions gone
In shadow seemed to stay.
And now, when faithless sight is fled
Beyond my waking gaze,
Of darkness I am not afraid --
It is my Mammy's face.
Other Poems of Interest...
MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS
CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS
IN THE 25TH YEAR OF MY MOTHER'S DEATH by JUDY JORDAN
THE PAIDLIN' WEAN by ALEXANDER ANDERSON
BLASTING FROM HEAVEN by PHILIP LEVINE