Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MAN CHILD IS BORN (1839), by EDGAR LEE MASTERS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: After such pain this child against my breast! Last Line: Look at that darling face -- it must be so! Subject(s): Booth, John Wilkes (1838-1865) | ||||||||
(Mrs. Booth is speaking.) After such pain this child against my breast! Oh what a cunning head and little face! What coal black hair! You have begun to feed! Look, doctor, how he feeds -- why look at him, He is a little man! Is not God good To give me such a baby? Well, I think You will be something noble in this world, And something great, you precious little man! His daddy wants to name him John Wilkes. I Would name him Junius Brutus to hand down His father's glory and perhaps his art. Look, doctor, is it not a miracle That God performs, this little life from mine, This beauty out of love! I pray to God To bless you, little John, if that's your name. A colored mammy read the coffee grounds, And says he will be famous, rich and great -- He may be so. I know he will be good. Look at that darling face -- it must be so! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BOOTH'S PHILIPPI by EDGAR LEE MASTERS BRUTUS LIVES AGAIN IN BOOTH by EDGAR LEE MASTERS JOHN WILKES BOOTH AT THE FARM (JANUARY 12, 1848) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE BURIAL OF BOSTON CORBETT (ONE WARDEN TO ANOTHER) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS WINTER GARDEN THEATRE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: ALEXANDER THROCKMORTON by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: FLETCHER MCGEE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: GEORGE GRAY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MINERVA JONES by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |
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