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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHERS AND SISTERS, by ARTHUR W. UPSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Mothers and sisters, whom no sacrifice
Last Line: Pascal had jacqueline — renan, henriette!
First Line: Mothers and sisters, whom no sacrifice
Last Line: Pascal had jacqueline — renan, henriette!
MOTHERS and sisters, whom no sacrifice
Dismays, nor whom your long, laborious hours
Do anywise appall, ye are the powers
By whom the swift are girded for the prize
They reach in the light of your believing eyes.
Ye are the hidden oil the shrine devours —
Soil of the garden whence the great rose flowers —
The silent force that bids a star arise.
Ye ask of men nor honour, nor regret,
Nor memory, save one's whose love is all.
Renouncement? Living daily the divine!
Effacement? Still the world your names shall call:
Monica was the mother of Augustine;
Pascal had Jacqueline — Renan, Henriette!
Other Poems of Interest...
A SONG OF LOVE AND YOUR DREAMS by ARTHUR W. UPSON
ABSENCE AND PRESENCE by ARTHUR W. UPSON
AFTER A DOLMETSCH CONCERT by ARTHUR W. UPSON
AFTER READING 'AN ITALIAN GARDEN' by ARTHUR W. UPSON
AFTER READING 'THE GOLDEN TREASURY' IN THE GREEN PARK by ARTHUR W. UPSON
AFTER READING AN OLD COMEDY by ARTHUR W. UPSON
AGAMEDE'S SONG, FR. THE CITY by ARTHUR W. UPSON
BENJAMIN-CONSTANTS PORTRAIT OF QUEEN VICTORIA by ARTHUR W. UPSON