Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHER, by WILLARD WATTLES Poet's Biography First Line: She loved redbirds and bright mornings Last Line: And god's great mercy -- because of her. Subject(s): Cardinals (birds); Mercy | ||||||||
She loved redbirds and bright mornings, Honeysuckle and sweet spring rose, Children's laughter and pansy faces, All brave things that the sunlight knows; She was frail at the last like lilies, But her smile was sunshine across the snows. Music she loved and friendly greetings, Kind words spoken and ill forgot; She never faltered at any grievance Though her heart was hurt and her eyes were hot. . . . There was nothing honest and wise and merry And brave and tender that she was not. Long ago in a lonely garden Where dim leaves of the olive stir A young man knelt; but had he never Died for his truth and been laid in myrrh I should have heard of the heart's high courage And God's great mercy -- because of her. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MERCY SEAT by NORMAN DUBIE MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODO by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE VILLON'S EPITAPH by FRANCOIS VILLON UNDER THE VULTURE-TREE by DAVID BOTTOMS THE FORLORN ONE by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM MERCY PLEADS by LUCRETIA STOUT BELLOWS |
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