Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CHILD-BRIDE, by AGNES ITA HANRAHAN


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THE CHILD-BRIDE, by                    
First Line: Tread lightly in the lane-way
Last Line: The child-bride's sleep is long * * * —
Subject(s): Children; Death; Heaven; Love; Childhood; Dead, The; Paradise


Tread lightly in the lane-way,
A little bride's asleep—
Last night along the shadows
We heard the Banshee creep!

O from each little feather'd coat
There trills a birdeen's wakening note!
The may's new blooms decked out in white
Tip-toed on branches down the night!

Love lingers in the lane-way—
O, wooing thrush-mate's song!
Love laughs among the may-blooms;
The child-bride's sleep is long * * * —




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