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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHERHOOD, by FRANK LEBBY STANTON Poet's Biography
First Line: Thou shalt have grace where glory is forgot
Last Line: Whose mother-lips kissed christ at bethlehem?
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: Thou shalt have grace where glory is forgot
Last Line: Whose mother-lips kissed christ at bethlehem?
Subject(s): Mothers
THOU shalt have grace where glory is forgot;
The love all luminous in the world's last night;
Thy children's arms shall be thy necklace bright,
And all love's roses clamber to thy cot.
And if a storm one steadfast star should blot
From thy pure heaven, God's angels shall relight
The lamps for thee, and make the darkness white;
The lilies of His love shall be thy lot!
He shall give all His angels charge of thee;
Thy coming and thy going shall be known.
Their steps shall shine before thee radiantly,
Lest thou shouldst dash thy foot against a stone.
The cross still stands. Who shall that love condemn
Whose mother-lips kissed Christ at Bethlehem?
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