Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COWSLIP, by JOHN BANISTER TABB Poet's Biography First Line: It brings my mother back to me Last Line: The mother and the boy. Alternate Author Name(s): Father Tabb Subject(s): Flowers; Mothers & Sons | ||||||||
It brings my mother back to me Thy frail familiar form to see, Which was her homely joy; And strange that one so weak as thou Should lift the veil that sunders now The mother and the boy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE JEWELS AND THE GRACCHI by JOHN HOLLANDER A MOUNTAIN MOTHER by WILLIAM ASPENWALL BRADLEY SONG: EARLY DEATH OF THE MOTHER by GREGORY ORR POEM FOR MY SONS by MINNIE BRUCE PRATT DOORS, DOORS, DOORS: 2. SEAMSTRESS by ANNE SEXTON A SENSE OF DIRECTION by KAREN SWENSON ANONYMOUS by JOHN BANISTER TABB |
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