“The desolation and terror of, for the first time, realizing that the mother can lose you, or you her, and your own abysmal loneliness and helplessness without her.” FirstsMotherRealizingLosesFamilyLonelinessFirst TimeTerrorHelplessnessDesolation Author:Francis Thompson
“Baby smiled, mother wailed, Earthward while the sweetling sailed; Mother smiled, baby wailed, When to earth came Viola.” EarthMotherBabyViolaBabyhood Book:Poems of Francis Thompson Source: Poems of Francis Thompson