Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A CHILD, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Child of a day, thou knowest not Last Line: Thou wilt not ever see her weep. Variant Title(s): To A Dead Child Subject(s): Death - Children; Mothers; Death - Babies | ||||||||
CHILD of a day, thou knowest not The tears thar overflow thine urn, The gushing eyes that read thy lot, Nor, if thou knewest, couldst return. And why the wish! the pure and blest Watch like thy mother o'er thy sleep. O peaceful night! O envied rest! Thou wilt not ever see her weep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE A FIESOLAN IDYL by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |
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