Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EILEEN, DIARMUID, AND TEIG, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: Be kind unto these three, o king! Last Line: Be kind, o king, unto this two and one! Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | ||||||||
Be kind unto these three, O King! For they were fragrant-skinned, cheerful, and giving! Three stainless pearls! Three of mild winning ways! Three candles sending forth three pleasant rays! Three vines! Three doves! Three apples on a bough! Three graces in a house! Three who refused nohow Help to the needy! Three of slenderness! Three memories for the companionless! Three strings of music! Three deep holes in clay! Three lovely children who loved Christ alway! Three mouths! Three hearts! Three minds beneath a stone! Ruin it is! Three causes for the moan That rises for three children dead and gone! Be kind, O King, unto this two and one! | 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 |
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