"I hold that when a person dies / His soul returns again to earth; / Arrayed in some new flesh disguise / Another mother gives him birth / With sturdier limbs and brighter brain."

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Source : John Masefield, Donald Elwin Stanford (1984). “Selected poems”, Carcanet Press

John Masefield

#Mother Quotes #Giving Quotes #Soul Quotes

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