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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN HOSPITAL: 20. VISITOR, by WILLIAM ERNEST HENLEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Her little face is like a walnut shell
Last Line: Strong in a cheerful trust that never fails.
Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E.
Subject(s): Hospitals
First Line: Her little face is like a walnut shell
Last Line: Strong in a cheerful trust that never fails.
Alternate Author Name(s): Henley, W. E.
Subject(s): Hospitals
Her little face is like a walnut shell
With wrinkling lines; her soft, white hair adorns
Her withered brows in quaint, straight curls, like horns;
And all about her clings an old, sweet smell.
Prim is her gown and quakerlike her shawl.
Well might her bonnets have been born on her.
Can you conceive a Fairy Godmother
The subject of a strong religious call?
In snow or shine, from bed to bed she runs, Bridegroom's way,
Strong in a cheerful trust that never fails.
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