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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE POET'S JOURNAL: THE MOTHER, by BAYARD TAYLOR Poet's Biography
First Line: Paler, and yet a thousand times more fair
Last Line: The mother in her child is born again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: Paler, and yet a thousand times more fair
Last Line: The mother in her child is born again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard
Subject(s): Mothers
PALER, and yet a thousand times more fair
Than in thy girlhood's freshest bloom, art thou:
A softer sun-flush tints thy golden hair,
A sweeter grace adorns thy gentle brow.
Lips that shall call thee "Mother!" at thy breast
Feed the young life, wherein thy nature feels
Its dear fulfillment: little hands are pressed
On the white fountain Love alone unseals.
Look down, and let Life's tender daybreak throw
A second radiance on thy ripened hour:
Retrace thy own forgotten advent so,
And in the bud behold thy perfect flower.
The father in his child beholds this truth,
His perfect manhood has assumed its reign:
Thou wear'st anew the roses of thy youth,--
The mother in her child is born again.
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