POETRY
THE MOTHERLOOK. •As one whom his mother comforteth.' —-Isaiah lxvi. If. It ain't a smile exactly—yet it's brimmin' full of joy, An' maltim' into sunshine when she bends above her boy Or girl when ifs a-tJeepiu', with its dreams . told in its face; She smoothes its hair, an' pets it as she lifts it to its place. It leads all th' expressions, whether grave or gay ox wise— Th* motherlook that glimmers in a lovin' woman's eyes.
There ain't a picture of it. If there was they'd have to paint A picture of a woman mostly angel an' some saint, An' make it still be human—and they'd have to blend the whole. There ain't a picture of i* - , for no one can paint a soul. No one can paint th' glory cousin' straight from paradise— Th' motherlook that lingers in a happy woman's eyes. —W. D. Nbsbit.
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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 429, 11 August 1904, Page 2
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148POETRY Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 429, 11 August 1904, Page 2
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