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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY MOTHER, by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: My mother! With thy calm and holy brow
Last Line: And greet thy nature as the type of all.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Pearce; Stirling-maxwell, Lady; Norton, The Honourable Mrs. Caroline
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: My mother! With thy calm and holy brow
Last Line: And greet thy nature as the type of all.
Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Pearce; Stirling-maxwell, Lady; Norton, The Honourable Mrs. Caroline
Subject(s): Mothers
MY Mother! With thy calm and holy brow,
And high devoted heart, which suffered still
Unmurmuring, through each degree of ill.
And, because Fate hath willed that mine should be
A poet's soul (at least in my degree),--
And that my verse would faintly shadow forth
What I have seen of pure unselfish worth,
Therefore I speak of thee; that those who read
That trust in woman, which is still my creed,
Thy early-widowed image may recall
And greet thy nature as the type of all.
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