The Courage That My Mother Had Poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay

The Courage That My Mother Had

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The courage that my mother had
Went with her, and is with her still:
Rock from New England quarried;
Now granite in a granite hill.

The golden brooch my mother wore
She left behind for me to wear;
I have no thing I treasure more:
Yet, it is something I could spare.

Oh, if instead she'd left to me

The thing she took into the grave!—
That courage like a rock, which she
Has no more need of, and I have.

Saturday, January 3, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: courage
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Antony Theodore 10 February 2020

The golden brooch my mother wore She left behind for me to wear; I have no thing I treasure more: Yet, it is something I could spare. beautiful poem of reminiscences. tony

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My mother had this courage; and we are from New England. This is one of my favorite poems.

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jackson Hurray 13 March 2018

what is a brouche

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Thomas 02 December 2019

A brooch is a decorative pin, sometimes worn on garments worn outdoors.

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Edna St. Vincent Millay

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Rockland / Maine / United States
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