Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SLUM-CHILD, by PATRICK MACGILL Poet's Biography First Line: There is meeting and parting Last Line: One loving friend. Subject(s): Friendship | ||||||||
THERE is meeting and parting The wide world over, Day by day, Of true hearts and fond hearts, The maid and the lover, And thus alway. But never a parting Will give me sorrow, And never comes The hope of the friends I'll meet to-morrow I'm of the slums. Day and night are forever So dreary: I never know Aught of a friend, When the heart is weary To let him know. But often I pray when the Night is gloomy, That God would send, In all His mercy, from Heaven to me, One loving friend. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES |
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