“A mother's love is indeed the golden link that binds youth to age; and he is still but a child, however time may have furrowed his cheek, or silvered his brow, who can yet recall, with a softened heart, the fond devotion, or the gentle chidings, of the best friend that God gives us.” GivingHeartMayChildrenStillsAgeMotherLove IsYouthDevotionGoldenGentleLinksCheeksRecallsBrowsMother's Love Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine! Nature waits upon thee still, And thy verdant cup does fill; 'Tis fill'd wherever thou dost tread, Nature's self's thy Ganymede.” DoeStillsSelfWaitingMorningDivineWineCupsTheeGentleFedsInsectsNourishmentGrasshoppers Book:Select works of mr. A. Cowley [ed. by R. Hurd]. Source: Select works of mr. A. Cowley [ed. by R. Hurd].
“Vanitas vanitatum has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.” YearsStillsSimpleHeardFairsEarsNotesVanityGentleScareVanity Fair Book:London Lyrics Source: London Lyrics
“The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my childhood. They are not profound, but they have stayed with me through life, and when I am very old, they will still be near . . .” HeartStillsMotherMemoriesChildhoodMy HeartProfoundGentleClosestReading Aloud Author:Margaret Sanger