Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A NEW BEING, by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL Poet's Biography First Line: I know myself no more, my child Last Line: And many a weeping head. Alternate Author Name(s): A. E. Subject(s): Children; Grief; Mothers; Pity; Childhood; Sorrow; Sadness | ||||||||
I KNOW myself no more, my child, Since thou art come to me, Pity so tender and so wild Hath wrapped my thoughts of thee. These thoughts, a fiery gentle rain, Are from the Mother shed, Where many a broken heart hath lain And many a weeping head. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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