Relationships
An Idolater
From Child Verse (1900)
Relationships
The Baby has no skies
But Mother's eyes,
Nor any God above
But Mother's Love.
His angel sees the Father's face,
But he the Mother's, full of grace;
And yet the heavenly kingdom is
Of such as this.
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MLA
Tabb, John Banister. “An Idolater.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/38/.
Chicago
Tabb, John Banister. “An Idolater.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/tabb/38/.
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