Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1884, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Another year of joy and grief
Last Line: You guide, & I your valentine.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Holidays; Life; Love; Mothers; Valentine's Day


Another year of joy & grief,
Another year of hope & fear:
O Mother, is life long or brief?
We hasten while we linger here.

But since we linger, love me still
And bless me still, O Mother mine,
While hand in hand we scale life's hill,
You Guide, & I your Valentine.





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