Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SOLDIER'S WIFE, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Weary way-wanderer, languid and sick at heart Last Line: Cold are thy famished babes, god help thee, widowed one! | ||||||||
Dactylics Weary way-wanderer, languid and sick at heart, Travelling painfully over the rugged road, Wild-visaged wanderer! ah, for thy heavy chance! Sorely thy little one drags by thee bare-footed, Cold is the baby that hangs at thy bending back, Meagre and livid and screaming its wretchedness. Woe-begone mother, half anger, half agony, As over thy shoulder thou lookest to hush the babe, Bleakly the blinding snow beats in thy haggard face. Thy husband will never return from the war again, Cold is thy hopeless heart, even as Charity! -- Cold are thy famished babes, God help thee, widowed one! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BISHOP HATTO [AND THE RATS] by ROBERT SOUTHEY POEMS ON THE SLAVE TRADE: 6 by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE CATARACT OF LODORE by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE GREENWOOD SHRIFT; GEORGE III AND A DYING WOMAN IN WINDSOR FOREST by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE HOLLY TREE by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE IMMORTALITY OF LOVE by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE INCHCAPE ROCK by ROBERT SOUTHEY THE OLD MAN'S COMFORTS AND HOW HE GAINED THEM by ROBERT SOUTHEY |
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