Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A GRANDMOTHER, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At six o'clock in the evening Last Line: To feel those arms again!) Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Grandparents; Grandmothers; Grandfathers; Great Grandfathers; Great Grandmothers | ||||||||
AT six o'clock in the evening, The time for lullabies, My son lay on my mother's lap With sleepy, sleepy eyes! (O drowsy little manny boy, With sleepy, sleepy eyes!) I heard her sing, and rock him, And the creak of the swaying chair, And the old dear cadence of the words Came softly down the stair. And all the years had vanished, All folly, greed, and stain -- The old, old song, the creaking chair, The dearest arms again! (O lucky little manny boy, To feel those arms again!) | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KISS GRANDMOTHERS GOOD NIGHT by ANDREW HUDGINS KICKING THE LEAVES by DONALD HALL THE BOOK OF SCAPEGOATS by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM THE GREAT GRANDPARENTS by TED KOOSER ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY |
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