Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INEVITABLE, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To-day I was so weary and I lay Last Line: Forgetting all my need of peace and rest. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Babies; Kisses; Infants | ||||||||
To-day I was so weary and I lay In that delicious state of semi-waking, When baby, sitting with his nurse at play, Cried loud for "mamma," all his toys forsaking. I was so weary and I needed rest, And signed to nurse to bear him from the room. Then, sudden, rose and caught him to my breast, And kissed the grieving mouth and cheeks of bloom. For swift as lightning came the thought to me, With pulsing heart-throes and a mist of tears, Of days inevitable, that are to be, If my fair darling grows to manhood's years; Days when he will not call for "mamma," when The world with many a pleasure and bright joy, Shall tempt him forth into the haunts of men And I shall lose the first place with my boy; When other homes and loves shall give delight, When younger smiles and voices will seem best. And so I held him to my heart to night, Forgetting all my need of peace and rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A POET TO HIS BABY SON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON BABYHOOD by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN INFANCY by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG BALLAD OF THE LAYETTE by WAYNE KOESTENBAUM A TOAST FOR LITTLE IRON MIKE by PAUL MARIANI THE PAMPERING OF LEORA by THYLIAS MOSS ONE FOR ALL NEWBORNS by THYLIAS MOSS |
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