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TO THE MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE MOTHER-HANDS NO FURTHER TOIL
Last Line: THE MOTHER-LOVE ABIDES ETERNALLY.
Subject(s): LOVE; MOTHERS;

THE mother-hands no further toil may know;
The mother-eyes smile not on you and me;
The mother-heart is stilled, alas! -- But O
The mother-love abides eternally.



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