Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANACREONTIC, ON PARTING WITH A LITTLE CHILD, by SAMUEL WESLEY Poet's Biography First Line: Dear, farewell, a little while, / easy parting with a smile Last Line: Vainly mourns for them that play. Subject(s): Parents; Parenthood | ||||||||
Dear, farewell, a little while, Easy parting with a smile; Ev'ry object in thy way Makes thee innocently gay; All that thou can'st hear or see, All is novelty to thee. Thoughts of parents left behind Vex not yet thine infant mind; Why should then their hearts repine, Mournful theirs, and merry thine? 'Tis the world, the seeming wise Toil to make their children rise; While the heir that reaps their gains Thankless thinks not of their pains. Sportive youth in haste to live Heeds not ills that years may give: Age in woe and wisdom grey Vainly mourns for them that play. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MY PARENTS HAVE COME HOME LAUGHING by MARK JARMAN BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS LOOKING IN AT NIGHT by MARY KINZIE THE VELVET HAND by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY CURRICULUM VITAE by LISEL MUELLER CIVILIZING THE CHILD by LISEL MUELLER MISSING THE DEAD by LISEL MUELLER |
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