Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CRY-BABY, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY


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THE CRY-BABY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O me, o my!'
Last Line: "just to start the earth a-growing!"
Subject(s): Babies; Infants


"O ME, O my!"
Sighed the April sky,
"My tears go pitter-patter,
Yet why 'tis so
I do not know—
For there's not a thing the matter!

"I am really gay,
In an April way,
But, should I indulge in laughter,
(O my, O me!)
There is sure to be
A terrible shower after!

"I should love to smile
Just a little while,
For the robins sound so cheery!
But my eyes of blue
Have scarce peeped through
Before they are dull and teary.

"I fairly hate
To be thought sedate
And fickle and fond of sighing—
And the world won't see
(O my, O me!"
That it's not my fault I'm crying.

"For the fact appears
That without my tears
There'd not be a green thing showing,
And an April sky
Has to cry and cry
Just to start the earth a-growing!"





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