Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TERRIBLE INFANT, by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON Poet's Biography First Line: I recollect a nurse call'd ann Last Line: "-- and that's my earliest recollection." Alternate Author Name(s): Locker, Frederick Subject(s): Babies; Nurses; Women; Infants | ||||||||
I RECOLLECT a nurse call'd Ann, Who carried me about the grass, And one fine day a fine young man Came up, and kiss'd the pretty lass. She did not make the least objection! Thinks I, "Aha! When I can talk I'll tell Mamma" -- And that's my earliest recollection." | 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 IN THE THRIVING SEASON by LISEL MUELLER A NICE CORRESPONDENT by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON |
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