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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MOTHER'S LOVE, by JAMES MONTGOMERY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: A mother's love - how sweet the name
Last Line: This is a mother's love.
Alternate Author Name(s): The Common Lot
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: A mother's love - how sweet the name
Last Line: This is a mother's love.
Alternate Author Name(s): The Common Lot
Subject(s): Mothers
A MOTHER'S Love--how sweet the name!
What is a Mother's Love?--
A noble, pure, and tender flame
Enkindled from above,
To bless a heart of earthly mold;
The warmest love that can grow cold:
This is a Mother's Love.
To bring a helpless babe to light,
Then, while it lies forlorn,
To gaze upon that dearest sight
And feel herself new-born,
In its existence lose her own,
And live and breathe in it alone:
This is a Mother's Love.
To mark its growth from day to day,
Its opening charms admire,
Catch from its eye the earliest ray
Of intellectual fire;
To smile and listen while it talks
And lend a finger when it walks:
This is a Mother's Love.
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