THE midwife nearly drowned my son, And beat him hard, before he'd give That cry a mother longs to hear To prove her precious babe will live. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO HIS WIFE ON THE 16TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER WEDDING DAY, WITH A RING by SAMUEL BISHOP REVELRY OF THE DYING by BARTHOLOMEW DOWLING SYSTEM by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON THE KANSAS EMIGRANTS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER |