Mother
by Shahida Latif
Mother: bounteous blessing,
A sheltering shield, fragrant flower,
Gurgling founting fountain of love,
Incarnated patience and sacrifice;
She cares least,
For her own appetite and dress,
When her own children remain,
Unfed, undressed.
She tosses on the bed,
When they are ill disposed,
She bleeds, receives pain,
When they are hit or tumbling fall.
She wraps them in her grace,
When calamities to them encroach.
Fortunate are those who find her,
In her dotage and patiently,
Serve, obey and adore,
And get her good wishes,
Being murmured upon her lips,
When she departs to the world next.
End of the poem
15 random poems
- Владимир Вишневский – Заявка на романс
- Gertrude of Wyoming by Thomas Campbell
- Anguish of Fate by Pierre Reverdy
- Yell of Pain by Maria Ivana Trevisani Bach
- Омар Хайям – Мы источник веселья, и скорби рудник
- On A Fowler, By Isidorus by William Cowper
- A Dialogue Betwixt Himself and Mistress Eliza Wheeler, under the Name of Amarillis by Robert Herrick
- No Matter What You Write by Mac McGovern
- Robert Burns: Death And Dying Words Of Poor Mailie, The Author’s Only Pet Yowe., The. An Unco Mournfu’ Tale:
- On The Astrologers (From The Greek) by William Cowper
- The Rum Tum Tugger by T. S. Eliot
- Robert Burns: Up In The Morning Early:
- A winning lot
- A Song From ‘The Player Queen’ by William Butler Yeats
- Владислав Ходасевич – Ночь
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Quant.com – a search engine from France, and also an alternative, at least for Europe
Yandex – the Russian search engine (it’s probably the best search engine for image searches).
