Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MARGARET LOVE PEACOCK; THREE YEARS OLD, by THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK Poet's Biography First Line: Long night succeeds thy little day Last Line: The too fair promise of thy spring. Subject(s): Children; Childhood | ||||||||
LONG night succeeds thy little day: O, blighted blossom! can it be That this gray stone and grassy clay Have clos'd our anxious care of thee? The half-form'd speech of artless thought, That spoke a mind beyond thy years, The song, the dance by Nature taught, The sunny smiles, the transient tears, The symmetry of face and form, The eye with light and life replete, The little heart so fondly warm, The voice so musically sweet, -- These, lost to hope, in memory yet Around the hearts that lov'd thee cling, Shadowing with long and vain regret The too fair promise of thy Spring. | 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 LOVE AND AGE by THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK |
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