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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SIX WEEKS OLD, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: He is so small, he does not know
Last Line: And does not care to learn the rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Babies; Infants
First Line: He is so small, he does not know
Last Line: And does not care to learn the rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Babies; Infants
HE is so small, he does not know
The summer sun, the winter snow;
The spring that ebbs and comes again,
All this is far beyond his ken.
A little world he feels and sees:
His mother's arms, his mother's knees;
He hides his face against her breast,
And does not care to learn the rest.
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