Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LIFE, by JOSEPH GLADDEN HUTTON


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LIFE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In some misty eon past
Last Line: War, and pestilence!
Subject(s): Birth; Life; Mothers; Child Birth; Midwifery


In some misty eon past,
The Virgin Earth conceived
And Life was born.
Unto this day,
Within her womb,
The vital miracle recurs,
While from the Soil,
Maternal breast,
Redundant Life
Draws sustenance;
But if it fail—
The Fount of Life—
Then: Hunger,
War, and Pestilence!





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