Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BABY, by KALIDASA Poet's Biography First Line: On parents' knees, a naked, new-born child Last Line: Thou then mayst smile while all around thee weep. Variant Title(s): A Moral Tetrastich;so Live;to An Infant Newly Born Subject(s): Babies; Children; Infants; Childhood | ||||||||
On parents' knees, a naked, new-born child Weeping thou sat'st, when all around thee smiled: So live, that, sinking in thy last long sleep, Thou then mayst smile while all around thee weep. | 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 INVOCATION OF THE DAWN by KALIDASA |
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