As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weak… — Thomas Edward Brown

As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future.

Thomas Edward BrownPoet · British · 1830 – 1897

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