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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COWSLIP, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography
First Line: It brings my mother back to me
Last Line: The mother and the boy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Flowers; Mothers & Sons
First Line: It brings my mother back to me
Last Line: The mother and the boy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb
Subject(s): Flowers; Mothers & Sons
It brings my mother back to me
Thy frail familiar form to see,
Which was her homely joy;
And strange that one so weak as thou
Should lift the veil that sunders now
The mother and the boy.
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