Quote#Wisdom
The watchful mother tarries nigh
Quote byJohn Keble · 1792–1866
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Christian Year (1827), "The Fourth Sunday after Easter", p. 102..
English (original)
The watchful mother tarries nigh Though sleep have closed her infant's eye, For should he wake, and find her gone, She knows she could not bear his moan.
— John Keble
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