Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Go to sleep, my baby dear Last Line: And I shall see my child again. Alternate Author Name(s): Croaker | ||||||||
OH! go to sleep, my baby dear, And I will hold thee on my knee; Thy mother's in her winding sheet, And thou art all that's left to me. My hairs are white with grief and age, I've borne the weight of every ill, And I would lay me with my child, But thou art left to love me still. Should thy false father see thy face, The tears would fill his cruel e'e, But he has scorned thy mother's wo, And he shall never look on thee: But I will rear thee up alone, And with me thou shalt aye remain; For thou wilt have thy mother's smile, And I shall see my child again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE AMERICAN FLAG by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE THE CULPRIT FAY by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE A FAIRY IN ARMOR by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE FRAGMENT by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE LEON; AN UNFINISHED POEM by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE LINES TO A LADY, ON HEARING HER SING 'CUSHLAMACHREE' by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE LINES WRITTEN IN A LADY'S ALBUM by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE LINES WRITTEN ON LEAVING NEW ROCHELLE by JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE |
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