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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FAMILY BIBLE, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: What household thoughts around thee as their shrine
Last Line: Heart blessings on the holy dead and thee!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Variant Title(s): To A Family Bible
Subject(s): Bible; Mothers
First Line: What household thoughts around thee as their shrine
Last Line: Heart blessings on the holy dead and thee!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Variant Title(s): To A Family Bible
Subject(s): Bible; Mothers
WHAT household thoughts around thee as their shrine,
Cling reverently! of anxious looks beguiled,
My mother's eyes upon thy page divine,
Each day were bent;--her accents gravely mild,
Breathed out thy lore, whilst I, a dreaming child,
Wandered on breeze-like fancies oft away,
To some lone tuft of gleaming spring-flowers wild,
Some fresh discovered nook for woodland play,
Some secret nest;--yet would the solemn word
At times, with kindlings of young wonder heard,
Fall on my waken'd spirit, there to be
A seed not lost;--for which in darker years,
O book of Heaven! I pour, with grateful tears,
Heart blessings on the holy dead and thee!
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