Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POSSESSION, by EDITH BLAND NESBIT Poet's Biography First Line: The child was yours and none of mine Last Line: Who only gave him birth and death? Alternate Author Name(s): Nesbit, E.; Bland, Mrs. Hubert Subject(s): Children; Childhood | ||||||||
THE child was yours and none of mine, And yet you gave it me to keep, And bade me sew it raiment fine, And wrap my kisses round its sleep. I carried it upon my breast, I fed it in a world apart, I wrapped my kisses round its rest, I rocked its cradle with my heart. When in mad nights of rain and storm You turned us homeless from your door, I wrapped it close, I kept it warm, And brought it safe to you once more. But the last time you drove us forth, The snow was wrapped about its head, That night the wind blew from the North, And on my heart the child was dead. The child is mine and none of yours, My life was his while he had breath, What of your claim to him endures, Who only gave him birth and death? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE A BALLAD OF CANTERBURY by EDITH BLAND NESBIT |
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