“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.”

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

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Georgian poet and politician; a saint of Georgian Orthodox … 1837–1907

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