Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LITTLE HEIR OF SHAME, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: He was a little heir of shame - his birth Last Line: But gives him all his infant-heart can crave. Subject(s): Shame | ||||||||
He was a little heir of shame - his birth Announced by peevish voices, and his death Welcomed by all; he staid not long on earth, Nor vex'd them long with his fast-fleeting breath; He felt their blows, too young to feel their scorn; How that poor babe was beaten and reviled, Because, albeit so mischievously born, He wail'd as loudly as a lawful child! They hurried to the goal his faltering pace; Full soon they bore him to his mother's grave; No more for other's sin accounted base, In Paradise he shows his harmless face; The Saviour flinches not from his embrace, But gives him all his infant-heart can crave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CELLAR by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR KITCHEN LINOLEUM by AUDRE LORDE SAINT RITA / SANTA RITA by PAT MORA PUT YOU TO SHAME by ALICE NOTLEY AURENG-ZEBE, OR THE GREAT MOGUL: PROLOGUE by JOHN DRYDEN TROUBLE WITH MATH IN A ONE-ROOM COUNTRY SCHOOL by JANE KENYON SHAME by CHARLES KENNETH WILLIAMS HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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