29. Mother by Theresa Helburn. Rittenhouse, Jessie B., ed. 1917. The Little Book of Modern Verse

Jessie B. Rittenhouse, ed. (1869–1948). The Little Book of Modern Verse. 1917.

29. Mother

By Theresa Helburn


I HAVE praised many loved ones in my song,
And yet I stand
Before her shrine, to whom all things belong,
With empty hand.

Perhaps the ripening future holds a time	5
For things unsaid;
Not now; men do not celebrate in rhyme
Their daily bread.