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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO CHILD, by PADRAIC COLUM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I heard in the night the pigeons
Last Line: A childless woman hears.'
First Line: I heard in the night the pigeons
Last Line: A childless woman hears.'
I heard in the night the pigeons
Stirring within their nest:
The wild pigeons' stir was tender,
Like a child's hand at the breast.
I cried, 'O stir no more!
(My breast was touched with tears)
O pigeons, make no stir -
A childless woman hears.'
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