Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CRADLE SONG, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The angels are stooping [or, bending] Last Line: When you have grown. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Childhood | ||||||||
The angels are stooping Above your bed; They weary of trooping With the whimpering dead. God's laughing in heaven To see you so good; The Shining Seven Are gay with His mood. I kiss you and kiss you, My pigeon, my own; Ah, how I shall miss you When you have grown. | 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 SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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