MOTHER MOST POWERFUL by THOMAS WALSH

@3After Giovanni Dominici, 1356-1420@1

THAT thou so often held Him in thine arms,—
So often pressed His infant lips to thine,
And in thy bosom warded off the harms
That came with flesh e'en to the Child Divine;
That thou couldst clothe Him,—feel Him cheek to cheek
In dreams and waking,—at thine ear hast known
His first lisped, "Mother,"—watched His soft hands seek
Thine aid—with glances cast on thee alone;—
That thou couldst know such countless ecstasies.
Of love through that sweet hidden time of yore—
And yet thy heart held strong through all of these—
Shows thou wert mortal,—Mother,—yea, and more!

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