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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WIDOW'S MITE, by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON Poet's Biography First Line: A widow - she had only one! Last Line: The little crutch. Alternate Author Name(s): Locker, Frederick Subject(s): Death - Mothers; Widows & Widowers; Dead, The | |||
A widow -- she had only one! A puny and decrepit son; But, day and night, Though fretful oft, and week and small, A loving child, he was her all -- The Widow's Mite. The Widow's Mite -- ay, so sustained, She battled onward, nor complained, Though friends were fewer: And while she toiled for daily fare, A little crutch upon the stair Was music to her. I saw her then, -- and now I see That, though resigned and cheerful, she Has sorrowed much: She has, He gave it tenderly, Much faith; and carefully laid by, The little crutch. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A NICE CORRESPONDENT by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON |
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