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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A QUESTION, by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS Poet's Biography First Line: Can't the child yet walk alone?' Last Line: "smiling, not repining!" Subject(s): Family Life; Relatives | |||
"CAN'T the child yet walk alone?" I hear where people gather, "Is it always falling prone, Can't it say 'Dear father'?" See the happy mother smile, In her child's eyes reading That within but a brief while Its steps will need no leading. Thus have I questioned my heart: "Canst thou not yet gather Strength to bear thy sorrow's smart? Canst thou not say, 'Father'? Upward gaze with look elate Where the stars are shining, And thou 'lt bear thy bitter fate Smiling, not repining!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY AUNT ELLA MAE by MICHAEL S. HARPER THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES LIZARDS AND SNAKES by ANTHONY HECHT THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND EYES: I LOVE by LYN HEJINIAN CHILD ON THE MARSH by ANDREW HUDGINS MY MOTHER'S HANDS by ANDREW HUDGINS PLAYING DEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS THE GLASS HAMMER by ANDREW HUDGINS INSECT LIFE OF FLORIDA by LYNDA HULL |
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