Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MARY AND CHILD, by CLYDE MCGEE


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MARY AND CHILD, by                    
First Line: How lovingly she looked on him
Last Line: Of cross against the sky?
Subject(s): Angels; Heaven; Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Mothers; Women - Bible; Paradise; Virgin Mary


How lovingly she looked on Him
Through eyes yet young and mild!
How tender her imaginings
For this her first-born child!
And when she heard the anthems
That filled the winter sky,
And when she saw the costly gifts
She did not wonder why
The angels sang of her son,
Or why the kings knelt down.

For Mary, blessed Mary, knew,
(A knowledge all her own)
The promise of the Angel,
Her Son would have a throne.

But Mary, youthful Mary,
When first thou heardst His cry,
Didst thou see, too, the shadow
Of Cross against the sky?





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