Mothers (Poem by Victor Hugo) Mothers By Victor Hugo See all the children gathered there, Their mother near; so young, so fair, An eider sister she might be, And yet she hears, a…
To My Mother (Poem by Edgar Allan Poe) To My Mother By Edgar Allan Poe Because I feel that, in the Heavens above, The angels, whispering to one another, Can find, among their burning term…
The Song of the Old Mother (Poem by William Butler Yeats) The Song of the Old Mother By William Butler Yeats I rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blow Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow;…
Memories of A Childhood (Poem by Rainer Maria Rilke) Memories of A Childhood By Rainer Maria Rilke The darkness hung like richness in the room When like a dream the mother entered there An…
The Dying Child to its Mother (Poem by Victor Hugo) The Dying Child to its Mother By Victor Hugo Ah, you said too often to your angel There are other angels in the sky — There, where nothing chan…
A Mother’s Lament for the Death of her Son (Poem by Robert Burns) A Mother’s Lament for the Death of her Son By Robert Burns Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, And pierc’d my darling’s heart; And with him all …
Childhood (Poem by Victor Hugo) Childhood By Victor Hugo The small child sang; the mother, outstretched on the low bed, With anguish moaned, — fair Form pain should possess not…