Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE BIRTH OF A CHILD, by LOUIS UNTERMEYER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lo - to the battle-ground of life Last Line: And into its tumult and pain you go. Alternate Author Name(s): Lewis, Michael Subject(s): Birth; Children; Child Birth; Midwifery; Childhood | ||||||||
Lo -- to the battle-ground of Life, Child, you have come, like a conquering shout, Out of a struggle -- into strife; Out of a darkness -- into doubt. Girt with the fragile armor of Youth, Child, you must ride into endless wars, With the sword of protest, the buckler of truth, And a banner of love to sweep the stars. . . . About you the world's despair will surge; Into defeat you must plunge and grope -- Be to the faltering, an urge; Be to the hopeless years, a hope! Be to the darkened world a flame; Be to its unconcern a blow -- For out of its pain and tumult you came, And into its tumult and pain you go. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A BIRTHDAY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER A VOICE FROM THE SWEAT-SHOPS (A HYMN WITH RESPONSES) by LOUIS UNTERMEYER |
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