Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DESIRE, by KATHARINE TYNAN Poet's Biography First Line: Give me no mansions ivory white Last Line: Just four years old. Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan Subject(s): Children; Desire; God; Prayer; Childhood | ||||||||
GIVE me no mansions ivory white, Nor palaces of pearl and gold; Give me a child for all delight, Just four years old. Give me no wings of rosy shine, Nor silken raiment, fold on fold; Give me a little boy all mine, Just four years old. Give me no gold and starry crown, Nor harps, nor palm-branches unrolled; Give me a nestling head of brown, Just four years old. Give me a cheek that's like the peach, Two arms to clasp me from the cold; And all my heaven's within my reach, Just four years old. Dear God, You give me from Your skies A little heaven, all mine, to hold, As Mary once her Paradise, Just four years old. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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