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On the Potrait of a Mother

Bathing me You look nakedly clean Like a pebble; Kissing my brows You glow Like winter flames; Taking me into your arms You sleep To dream and sink. The white marble* humming Heaven of earth , my mother, The prowess of love ! *Written after seeing an image of a baby set at a mother's waist

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