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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY MOTHER, by THOMAS WHITTEMORE FESSENDEN
First Line: You painted no madonnas
Last Line: My mother's life should show!
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: You painted no madonnas
Last Line: My mother's life should show!
Subject(s): Mothers
YOU painted no Madonnas
On chapel walls in Rome;
But with a touch diviner,
You lived one in your home.
You wrote no lofty poems
That critics counted art;
But with a nobler vision,
You lived them in your heart.
You carved no shapeless marble
To some high soul-design;
But with a finer sculpture,
You shaped this soul of mine.
You built no great cathedrals
That centuries applaud;
But with a grace exquisite,
Your life cathedraled God.
Had I the gift of Raphael
Or Michelangelo
Oh, what a rare Madonna
My mother's life should show!
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