Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TWO WOMEN: THE MOTHER, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: The midwife nearly drowned my son
Last Line: To prove her precious babe will live.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.


THE midwife nearly drowned my son,
And beat him hard, before he'd give
That cry a mother longs to hear
To prove her precious babe will live.





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