Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE DEATH OF TWO LITTLE CHILDREN, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Ah! Bitter chance! No hand the blow could ward! Last Line: And one low funeral bell shall bring ye home! Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | ||||||||
Ah! bitter chance! no hand the blow could ward! Nor shield from harm her little guileless breast, New to this perilous world, and daily prest To a fond mother's heart; her lot seems hard; But lo! her face is calm - a gentle tone Seems murmuring from those lips that breathe no more, 'Come, little sister, marked for heaven before! I crave that hand, yet smaller than mine own, That baby-hand, to clasp again in mine!' Sweet spirit! as thou wishest, it shall be; Death drops his wing on younger heads than thine, Though thine is of the youngest; soon to thee The little sister of thy soul shall come And one low funeral bell shall bring ye home! | 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 HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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