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49. “Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.” — Sophocles. 50. “Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.” — Louisa May Alcott
Share these emotional quotes with someone who has recently lost their mother, or read them yourself to remember the love and support your own mom gave to you.
The soldier's father read the poem on BBC radio in 1995 in remembrance of his son, who had left the poem among his personal effects in an envelope addressed 'To all my loved ones'. The poem's first four lines are engraved on one of the stones of the Everest Memorial, Chukpi Lhara, in Dhugla Valley, near Everest. Reference to the wind and snow ...
43. “If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” — Stevie Wonder. 44. “My mother is my root, my foundation.
My Boy Jack" is a 1916 poem by Rudyard Kipling. [1] Kipling wrote it for Jack Cornwell, the 16-year-old youngest recipient of the Victoria Cross, who stayed by his post on board the light cruiser HMS Chester at the Battle of Jutland until he died. Kipling's son John was never referred to as "Jack" [citation needed]. The poem echoes the grief of ...
Contrary to popular belief, the poem is not about the death of Field's son, who died several years after its publication. Field once admitted that the words "Little Boy Blue" occurred to him when he needed a rhyme for the seventh line in the first stanza. The poem first appeared in 1888 in the Chicago weekly literary journal America. Its editor ...
Whether you're searching for a quote to write inside a card to your dad, a sentimental quote to share with a grandparent or just a funny family quote to make your mom laugh, these inspirational ...
The lost manuscript known as 'K' represented by two nearly identical copies by Ketill Jörundsson, AM 453 and 462 4to. The first half of st. 23 and the whole of st. 24 also appear in Snorra Edda . According to Bjarni Einarsson, 'the text of the poem is the result of a long series of copies and is in some instances corrupt beyond correction'.