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Madre Mia

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Madre Mia is a poem by William Hope Hodgson. It is presented as the dedication to his novel The Boats of the "Glen Carrig".

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People may say thou art no longer young
And yet, to me, thy youth was yesterday,
A yesterday that seems
Still mingled with my dreams.
Ah! how the years have o'er thee flung
Their soft mantilla, grey.

And e'en to them thou art not over old;
How could'st thou be! Thy hair
Hast scarcely lost its deep old glorious dark:
Thy face is scarcely lined. No mark
Destroys its calm serenity. Like gold
Of evening light, when winds scarce stir,

The soul-light of thy face is pure as prayer.