All 6 Uses of
maternal
in
Leaves of Grass
- 16
I am of old and young, of the foolish as much as the wise,
Regardless of others, ever regardful of others,
Maternal as well as paternal, a child as well as a man,
Stuff'd with the stuff that is coarse and stuff'd with the stuff
that is fine,
One of the Nation of many nations, the smallest the same and the
largest the same,
A Southerner soon as a Northerner, a planter nonchalant and
hospitable down by the Oconee I live,
A Yankee bound my own way ready for trade, my joints the limberest
joints on earth and the sternest joints on earth,
A Kentuckian walking the vale of the Elkhorn in my deer-skin
leggings, a Louisianian or Georgian,
A boatman over lakes or bays o†Chpt 3
- Sex contains all, bodies, souls,
Meanings, proofs, purities, delicacies, results, promulgations,
Songs, commands, health, pride, the maternal mystery, the seminal milk,
All hopes, benefactions, bestowals, all the passions, loves,
beauties, delights of the earth,
All the governments, judges, gods, follow'd persons of the earth,
These are contain'd in sex as parts of itself and justifications of itself.†Chpt 4
- None separate from thee—henceforth One only, we and thou,
(For the blood of the children, what is it, only the blood maternal?†Chpt 13
- Beneath thy look O Maternal,
With these and else and with their own strong hands the heroes harvest.†Chpt 24 *
- or the
beautiful maternal cares?†Chpt 29
- Nor think we forget thee maternal;
Lag'd'st thou so long?†Chpt 32
Definition:
relating to a mother; or characteristic of parents -- such as to care for and help to develop