Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHER AND CHILD, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What art thou thinking of,' said the mother Last Line: "my mother, wouldst not thou?" Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Children; Heaven; Mothers; Childhood; Paradise | ||||||||
"What art thou thinking of," said the Mother, "What art thou thinking of my child?" "I was thinking of Heaven," he answered her, And looked up in her face and smiled. "And what didst thou think of Heaven?" she said; "Tell me, my little one!" "Oh . ., I thought that there the flowers never fade, That there never sets the sun." "And wouldst thou love to go thither, my child? Thither wouldst thou love to go? And leave the pretty flowers that wither, And the sun that sets below?" "Oh, I would be glad to go there, mother, To go and live there now; And I would pray for thy coming, mother, My mother, wouldst not thou?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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