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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EX ORE INFANTIS, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poet's Biography
First Line: Her husband died before her babe was born
Last Line: Your husband with his boy. The child was right.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Immortality
First Line: Her husband died before her babe was born
Last Line: Your husband with his boy. The child was right.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Immortality
HER husband died before her babe was born
Two years ago. Converted? Doubt and grief,
Poor soul! she felt. Her Methodist creed forlorn
Gave but a lenten substance of relief.
To-day, beneath the piteous gaze of morn,
Her child is dying. On his little brow
Descends the veil, and all is over now --
Not yet! not yet! For suddenly he springs,
As who perceived the gleam of golden wings.
"Dada!" he cries, he knows his father's face
Ne'er seen before. O God, Thou giv'st the grace!
O widowed heart! They live in Heaven's fair light,
Your husband with his boy. The child was right.
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