IMPATIENT women, as you wait In cheerful homes to-night, to hear The sound of steps that, soon or late, Shall come as music to your ear; Forget yourselves a little while, And think in pity of the pain Of women who will never smile To hear a coming step again. With babes that in their cradle sleep, Or cling to you in perfect trust; Think of the mothers left to weep, Their babies lying in the dust. And when the step you wait for comes, And all your world is full of light, O women, safe in happy homes, Pray for all lonesome souls to-night! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A DEAD CHILD by ROBERT SEYMOUR BRIDGES THAT SUCH HAVE DIED by EMILY DICKINSON AN AUGUST MIDNIGHT by THOMAS HARDY THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 98. HE AND I by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI PATROLING BARNEGAT by WALT WHITMAN THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 5. THE CHANGELING by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |