Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SOMEBODY'S CHILD, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON


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First Line: Just a picture of somebody's child
Last Line: Will any thing sadden the flower-like face?
Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise
Subject(s): Children; Childhood


JUST a picture of Somebody's child, --
Sweet face set in its golden hair,
Violet eyes, and cheeks of rose,
Rounded chin, with a dimple there,

Tender eyes where the shadows sleep,
Lit from within by a secret ray, --
Tender eyes that will shine like stars
When love and womanhood come this way:

Scarlet lips with a story to tell, --
Blessed be he who shall find it out,
Who shall learn the eyes' deep secret well,
And read the heart with never a doubt.

Then you will tremble, scarlet lips,
Then you will crimson, loveliest cheeks:
Eyes will brighten and blushes will burn
When the one true lover bends and speaks.

But she's only a child now, as you see,
Only a child in her careless grace:
When Love and Womanhood come this way
Will any thing sadden the flower-like face?






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