ven above,The angels, whispering to one another,Can find, among their burning terms of love,None so devotional as that of "Mother,"Therefore by that dear name I long have calledyou-You are more than mother unto me,And fill my heart of hearts, where Deathinstalled youIn setting my Virginias spirit free.My mother-my own mother, who died early,Was but the mother of myself; but youAre mother to the one I loved so dearly,And thus are dearer than the mother I knewBy that infinity with which my wife Was dearer to my soul than its soul-life.To My Motherby Edgar Allen Poe Because I feel that, in above,Line 1: Since I realize that eternal state of communion with God, aboveThe angels, whispering to one another,Line 2: The immortal, spiritual being uttering softly to each other.Can find, among their burning terms of love,Line 3: Is able to discover, in midst of their fiery period of intense emotion.None so devotional as that of "Mother,"Line 4: Not one as religious natured as the maternal one.Therefore by that dear name I long have calledLine 5: Hence with those cherished words I havent called in a extended period of timeYou-Line 6: Maternal one.You are more than mother unto me,Line 7: You surpass the maternal figure for me.And fill my heart of hearts, where DeathLine 8: You overflow my deepest love, where even a the destroyer of lifeinstalled youLine 9: inducted you.In setting my Virginias spirit free.Line 10: In positioning my Virginias soul with liberty.My mother-my own mother, who died early,Line 11: My maternal figure was taken by the hands of death so soon.Was but the mother of myself; but youLine 12: Was the Maternal one who bore me, although youAre mother to the one I loved so dearly,Line 13: are the one who I felt great emotion for.And thus are dearer than the mother I knewLine 14: Therefore you are closer to me than my own maternal figure. By that infinity with which my wife Line 15: With that never ending feeling that my spouse posses,...
