His shroud was damp, his face was white:
He said,-"I cannot sleep,
Your tears have made my shroud so wet;
Oh, mother, do not weep!"
Oh, love is strong!-the mother's heart
Was filled with tender fears;
Oh, love is strong!-and for her child
Her grief restrained its tears. (Letitia Elizabeth Landon)

His shroud was damp, his face was white: He said,-"I cannot sleep, Your tears have made my shroud so wet; Oh, mother, do not weep!" Oh, love is strong!-the mother's heart Was filled with tender fears; Oh, love is strong!-and for her child Her grief restrained its tears.

Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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