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A MOTHER'S PICTURE by ALICE CARY

Poet Analysis

First Line: A LADY, THE LOVELIEST EVER THE SUN LOOKED DOWN UPON
Last Line: THAT ALL THE REST MAY BE THROWN AWAY.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
A LADY, the loveliest ever the sun
Looked down upon you must paint for me:
Oh, if I only could make you see
The clear blue eyes, the tender smile,
The sovereign sweetness, the gentle grace,
The woman's soul, and the angel's face
That are beaming on me all the while,
I need not speak these foolish words:
Yet one word tells you all I would say,--
She is my mother: you will agree
That all the rest may be thrown away.



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