Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRECEDENCE, by WINIFRED LUCAS First Line: First to the feet of pain she bore Last Line: Your little tearless children bless. Alternate Author Name(s): Le Bailly, Mrs. Subject(s): Children; Mothers; Childhood | ||||||||
FIRST to the feet of Pain she bore The man his mother comforteth. Oh childless mothers, pass before! Whommothers less, And mothers more, Who spared them breath, Your little tearless children bless. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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