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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHER LOVE, by D. HALL
First Line: How could she love him better? She believed
Last Line: The saddest thing in all his destiny.
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: How could she love him better? She believed
Last Line: The saddest thing in all his destiny.
Subject(s): Mothers
How could she love him better? She believed
That her devotion was as deep and strong
As life itself. She would have sorely grieved
To know that all she did for him was wrong;
That all her loving care and earnest thought
Her sacrifice and uncomplaining work
Were things she should not do and never ought
To train him to expect. Which made him shirk
Responsibility and manliness
Depending on her adoration till
He grew to care for effort less and less
And never troubled to exert his will.
A mother's love for her own son may be
The saddest thing in all his destiny.
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