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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A CHILD, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet's Biography
First Line: Child of a day, thou knowest not
Last Line: Thou wilt not ever see her weep.
Variant Title(s): To A Dead Child
Subject(s): Death - Children; Mothers; Death - Babies
First Line: Child of a day, thou knowest not
Last Line: Thou wilt not ever see her weep.
Variant Title(s): To A Dead Child
Subject(s): Death - Children; Mothers; Death - Babies
CHILD of a day, thou knowest not
The tears thar overflow thine urn,
The gushing eyes that read thy lot,
Nor, if thou knewest, couldst return.
And why the wish! the pure and blest
Watch like thy mother o'er thy sleep.
O peaceful night! O envied rest!
Thou wilt not ever see her weep.
Other Poems of Interest...
NIGHTMARE BEGINS RESPONSIBILITY by MICHAEL S. HARPER
THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL
THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN
MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME
SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE
A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH
FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE