Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PREMONITION, by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: She sat upon the cottage stair Last Line: Her eyes might never look. Alternate Author Name(s): Q; Quiller-couch, A. T. Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | ||||||||
SHE sat upon the cottage stair, A tender child of three, And washed and dressed with wisest care The doll upon her knee. And we, who guessed not why there grew In Annie's baby eyes That little clouding of the blue, That shade of awed surmise, Remembered, in the darkened room, Where yesterday we took Our Annie's new-born babe, on whom Her eyes might never look. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE SAGE COUNSEL by ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCH |
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