Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; AN UNCOMPLETED SONNET SEQUENCE: 5, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER


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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; AN UNCOMPLETED SONNET SEQUENCE: 5, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Last night the broad blue lightnings flamed the sky
Last Line: "mother,"" my darling breathed, and slept content."
Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta
Subject(s): Mothers & Daughters


Last night the broad blue lightnings flamed the sky;
We watched, our breaths caught as each burst its way,
And through its fire out-leaped the sharp white ray,
And sudden dark re-closed when it went by:
But she, that where we are will needs be nigh,
Had tired with hunting orchids half the day.
Her father thought she called us; he and I,
Half anxious, reached the bedroom where she lay.

Oh lily face upon the whiteness blent!
How calm she lay in her unconscious grace!
A peal crashed on the silence ere we went;
She stirred in sleep, a little changed her place,
"Mother," she breathed, a smile grew on her face:
"Mother," my darling breathed, and slept content.






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