Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BOTTICELLI'S MADONNA IN THE LOUVRE, by EDITH WHARTON Poet's Biography First Line: What strange presentiment, o mother, lies Last Line: "say to her then: ""he also rose again." Subject(s): Botticelli, Sandro (1444-1510); Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Paintings And Painters; Women - Bible; Filipepi, Alesandro Di Mariano; Virgin Mary | ||||||||
WHAT strange presentiment, O Mother, lies On thy waste brow and sadly-folded lips, Forefeeling the Light's terrible eclipse On Calvary, as if love made thee wise, And thou couldst read in those dear infant eyes The sorrow that beneath their smiling sleeps, And guess what bitter tears a mother weeps When the cross darkens her unclouded skies? Sad Lady, if some mother, passing thee, Should feel a throb of thy foreboding pain, And think -- "My child at home clings so to me, With the same smile . . . and yet in vain, in vain, Since even this Jesus died on Calvary" -- Say to her then: "He also rose again." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MADONNA by KATHARINE LEE BATES BALLADE TO OUR LADY OF CZESTOCHOWA by HILAIRE BELLOC OUR LORD AND OUR LADY by HILAIRE BELLOC PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SONG OF MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON ISLAND MARY by LUCILLE CLIFTON MARY'S DREAM by LUCILLE CLIFTON |
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