Mother Saint

Famous quotes containing the words mother and/or saint:

    “My mother dandled me and sang,
    “How young it is, how young!”
    And made a golden cradle
    That on a willow swung.
    “He went away,” my mother sang,
    “When I was brought to bed....””
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Child in the womb,
    Or saint on a tomb
    Which way shall I lie
    To fall asleep?”
    —Philip Larkin (1922–1986)