First Line: ONCE I GAVE BIRTH TO LIVING METAPHORS Last Line: SPRINGS FROM THE VERY SEPARATENESS OF THINGS. Subject(s): CHILDREN; JONSON, BEN (1572-1637); LOSS; METAPHOR; PARENTS; POETRY & POETS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; CHILDHOOD; SIMILES; PARENTHOOD; FEMINISM;
Full Poem Text Available at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?contentId=28553