<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419020" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mary</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">DEAR honored name, beloved for human ties, <br>But loved and honored first that One was given <br>In living proof to erring mortal eyes <br>That our poor earth is near akin to heaven. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sweet word of dual meaning: one of grace, <br>And born of our kind advocate above; <br>And one by memory linked to that dear face <br>That blessed my childhood with its mother-love, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And taught me first the simple prayer, 'To thee, <br>Poor banished sons of Eve, we send our cries.' <br>Through mist of years, those words recall to me <br>A childish face upturned to loving eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And yet to some the name of Mary bears <br>No special meaning and no gracious power; <br>In that dear word they seek for hidden snares, <br>As wasps find poison in the sweetest flower. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But faithful hearts can see, o'er doubts and fears, <br>The Virgin link that binds the Lord to earth; <br>Which to the upturned trusting face appears <br>A more than angel, though of human birth. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sweet-faced moon reflects on cheerless night <br>The rays of hidden sun to rise to-morrow; <br>So unseen God still lets His promised light, <br>Through holy Mary, shine upon our sorrow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Boyle+O%27Reilly">John Boyle O'Reilly</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419020" data-title="Mary de John Boyle O'Reilly" data-description="DEAR honored name, beloved for human ties, But loved and honored first that One was given In living proof to erring mortal eyes That our poor earth is near akin to heaven. Sweet word of dual meaning: one of grace, And born of our kind advoca..."></div> </div> </div>

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