Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LITTLE CHILDREN, by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE



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THE LITTLE CHILDREN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hunger points a bony finger
Last Line: With gladness, youth and may.
Subject(s): Children; Hunger; May (month); Childhood


HUNGER points a bony finger
To the workhouse on the hill,
But the little children linger
While there's flowers to gather still
For my sunny window sill.

In my hands I take their faces,
Smiling to my smiles they run.
Would that I could take their places
Where the murky bye-ways shun
The benedictions of the sun.

How they laugh and sing returning
Lightly on their secret way.
While I listen in my yearning
Their laughter fills the windy day
With gladness, youth and May.





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