Ilia Chavchavadze: Mother

Ilia Chavchavadze was Georgian poet and politician; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church. Explore interesting quotes on mother.

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“O mother! hear thy country's plea:
Nurture thy sons with spirits strong
Led by the torch of truth whose flame
Will banish ignorance and wrong.”

Ilia Chavchavadze

Source: Anthology of Georgian Poetry (1948), Lines to a Georgian Mother, p. 59

“Ah here, O mother is they task,
Thy sacred duty to thy land:
Endow thy sons with spirits strong,
With strength of heart and honor bright;
Inspire them with fraternal love,
To strive for freedom and for right.”

Ilia Chavchavadze

Source: Anthology of Georgian Poetry (1948), Lines to a Georgian Mother, p. 59

“No sound doth great the still of night;
My mother land in silence lies;
Yet oft is heard an anguished moan
As Georgia in her slumber sighs. I stand alone … the mountains, shades
The slumber of my land caress.
O God! O God! when will we wake
And rise again to happiness?”

Ilia Chavchavadze

Elegy, p. 60
Anthology of Georgian Poetry (1948)