Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; AN UNCOMPLETED SONNET SEQUENCE: 16, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER Poet's Biography First Line: She will not have it that my day wanes low Last Line: And I forget to age, through her sweet will. Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta Subject(s): Mothers & Daughters | ||||||||
She will not have it that my day wanes low, Poor of the fire its drooping sun denies, That on my brow the thin lines write good-byes Which soon may be read plain for all to know, Telling that I have done with youth's brave show; Alas! and done with youth in heart and eyes, With wonder and with far expectancies, Save but to say "I knew such long ago." She will not have it. Loverlike to me, She with her happy gaze finds all that's best, She sees this fair and that unfretted still, And her own sunshine over all the rest: So she half keeps me as she'd have me be, And I forget to age, through her sweet will. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAWN BEFORE DOW SEASON by JOAN LARKIN ONE FOR ALL NEWBORNS by THYLIAS MOSS FIRST THANKSGIVING by SHARON OLDS HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR by SHARON OLDS CHANEL NO. 5 by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR THE GLASS ESSAY by ANNE CARSON CIRCE by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER |
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