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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TROUBLE, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography
First Line: One folds the little white hands, and lays a flower
Last Line: God wot,—a living grief is worse than the peace that folds the dead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Grief; Death - Babies; Sorrow; Sadness
First Line: One folds the little white hands, and lays a flower
Last Line: God wot,—a living grief is worse than the peace that folds the dead.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Grief; Death - Babies; Sorrow; Sadness
ONE folds the little white hands, and lays a flower between,
And sees death's lilies pale, where life's sweet rose hath been,
And aches through all her heart beside the baby face serene.
One smiles a brave good-morrow, and walks with even tread,
The while she bears the burden of a great and nameless dread;
God wot,—a living grief is worse than the peace that folds the dead.
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