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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BARRENNESS, by NEVA DUMONT
First Line: Oh, pity her who's never known a care
Last Line: At last, and bitter grown for life . . . Not lived.
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: Oh, pity her who's never known a care
Last Line: At last, and bitter grown for life . . . Not lived.
Subject(s): Mothers
Oh, pity her who's never known a care;
Who's never been denied, or shed a tear;
Whose heart has not stood still with sudden fear
At fevered brow of little one, so fair;
If another's grief she's never had to share,
Or never had, with anguish deep, to part
From loved ones dear . . . or cherished thing of heart;
Nor stood, aloof and chilled, by thrust unfair.
Oh, pity her if travail she's not known,
Or sweetest care, the care of motherhood!
If all or part of these she has not known,
The wine she drinks from out life's cup -- not good,
A tasteless brew, leaving thirst unquenched --
At last, and bitter grown for life . . . not lived.
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