Happy Mother’s Day
Sonnet
Christina RossettiSonnets are full of love, and this my tome
Has many sonnets: so here now shall be
One sonnet more, a love sonnet, from me
To her whose heart is my heart’s quiet home,
To my first Love, my Mother, on whose knee
I learnt love-lore that is not troublesome;
Whose service is my special dignity,
And she my lodestar while I go and come
And so because you love me, and because
I love you, Mother, I have woven a wreath
Of rhymes wherewith to crown your honored name:
In you not fourscore years can dim the flame
Of love, whose blessed glow transcends the laws
Of time and change and mortal life and death.
Wishing you a wonderful day, Carrie.
Happy Mother’s Day!
May 11th, 2008 at 8:45 amHappy Mother’s Day!
May 11th, 2008 at 11:29 amHow lovely!! Happy Mother’s Day to you Carrie!!
You filed it under politics, though?
May 11th, 2008 at 12:20 pmLawanda - Oops! That was supposed to be “poetry.” I fixed it.
May 11th, 2008 at 3:19 pmHappy Mother’s Day to you Carrie!
May 11th, 2008 at 3:22 pmThank you for sharing this lovely sonnet, and I only hope that my own mothering would warrant such a wreath of rhyme.
Happy Mother’s Day to you Carrie!! Hope you enjoyed your day.
I love Christina Rossetti! I love her poem “Remember.”
May 11th, 2008 at 4:19 pmThis is a beautiful poem.
May 11th, 2008 at 5:24 pm