He is offshoot of and diligent support.

This love thou knowest, and being to-day returned

But from short voyage, mayst in little gauge

My joy returning after many years.

But what thou know’st not—mayst thou come to know!—

I’ll tell thee. There be ties dearer than place

Or parents; there be bonds that break in pieces

The hearts that break them, and whose severance

Is more than banishment. Boy, ’tis thy mother

That makes this Ithaca the world to me;