The Sad Mother
The Sad Mother - meaning Summary
A Mother's Longing for Peace
The speaker is a grieving mother who gently addresses her beloved, urging sleep while she herself cannot rest. The poem contrasts the childlike peace the speaker wishes for with her own inward unrest. Its language frames sleep as consolation and a place of union, where the mother hopes her body, anxieties, and heart may find rest through the beloved. The tone blends tenderness, longing, and resigned sorrow.
Read Complete AnalysesSleep, sleep, my beloved, without worry, without fear, although my soul does not sleep, although I do not rest. Sleep, sleep, and in the night may your whispers be softer than a leaf of grass, or the silken fleece of lambs. May my flesh slumber in you, my worry, my trembling. In you, may my eyes close and my heart sleep.
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