Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. IN THE CHAMBER OF BIRTH, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography First Line: In the chamber of birth Last Line: And the good anxious husband comes to the door smiling again at last. Subject(s): Babies; Birth; Hearts; Love - Marital; Mothers; Infants; Child Birth; Midwifery; Wedded Love; Marriage - Love | ||||||||
IN the chamber of birth, Calm and joyful the exhausted mother, with disheveled hair, lies obliquely across the bedthe little primitive conical-skulled god rests snug on the pillow in front of her The baffling infant face, with closed eyes and flexible upper lip, and storms and sunshine sweeping across its tiny orb, and filmy clouds of expression! But for her O the rest, the rest and the peace now it is all overno desire to move, only to lie and rest for joy! While the bustling cheerful midwife is full of praises and congratulations, and the good anxious husband comes to the door smiling again at last. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO MY WIFE by GEORGE WASHINGTON BETHUNE VARIATION ON THE WORD SLEEP by MARGARET ATWOOD IN THE MONTH OF MAY by ROBERT BLY AS A MOULD FOR SOME FAIR FORM by EDWARD CARPENTER |
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