MOTHER HEROIC

Oh, thou that bowest thy ecstatic face Thy perfect sorrows are the world's to keep Wherefore onto thy knee Come weep with a prayer Oh, thou that bowest thy ecstatic face Thy perfect sorrows are the world's to keep Wherefore onto thy knee Come weep with a prayer Mother heroic, mother glorious Beholding in thy eye, immortal tears Oh, thou that bowest thy ecstatic face, oh