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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHILDREN, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Children are what the mothers are Last Line: Open with joy and not surprise. Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Childhood | |||
CHILDREN are what the mothers are. No fondest father's fondest care Can fashion so the infant heart As those creative beams that dart, With all their hopes and fears, upon The cradle of a sleeping son. His startled eyes with wonder see A father near him on his knee, Who wishes all the while to trace The mother in his future face; But 't is to her alone uprise His waking arms; to her those eyes Open with joy and not surprise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!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 A FIESOLAN IDYL by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |
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