Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BABY, by KALIDASA Poet's Biography First Line: On parents' knees, a naked, new-born child Last Line: Thou then mayst smile while all around thee weep. Variant Title(s): A Moral Tetrastich;so Live;to An Infant Newly Born Subject(s): Babies; Children; Infants; Childhood | ||||||||
On parents' knees, a naked, new-born child Weeping thou sat'st, when all around thee smiled: So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then mayst smile while all around thee weep. | Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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