Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SICK ORPHAN, OR THE COUCH IN THE OPEN AIR, by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER Poet's Biography First Line: Twas at the close of a warm summer's day Last Line: And o'er her dying love-notes wept and smiled! Subject(s): Orphans; Foundlings | ||||||||
'Twas at the close of a warm summer's day, We spread our orphan's couch in the sweet air; And she was happy as the healthiest there; While, with each changing posture, as she lay, A star, that lurk'd within the whispering firs, Look'd forth upon her, glistening tenderly; 'How like', she said, 'a mother's watchful eye, 'That wakes and brightens, when her infant stirs!' She lov'd God's world, that maiden meek and mild; She challenged kith and kin on every hand, Like Francis of Assisi - that dear child Spoke sisterly of flowers and song-birds wild; Till every listener lost his self-command, And o'er her dying love-notes wept and smiled! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE by AMELIA OPIE THE MITHERLESS BAIRN by WILLIAM THOM LAURENCE BLOOMFIELD IN IRELAND: 8. THE EVICTION by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM LOOKING FORWARD by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA MISADVENTURES AT MARGATE; A LEGEND OF JARVIS'S JETTY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM TAKE YOUR CHOICE: AS EDGAR LEE MASTERS WOULD HANDLE IT. HILDA HYDE by BERTON BRALEY THE LAMENT OF LAMB'S CONDUIT by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB AN EPICED ON MR. FISHBOURNE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) HER FIRST-BORN by CHARLES TENNYSON TURNER |
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