Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOUSEHOLD ART, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Mine be a cot,' for the hours of play Last Line: For the earth first laughed when the children came Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin Subject(s): Children; Greenaway, Catherine (kate) (1846-1901); Childhood | ||||||||
'MINE be a cot,' for the hours of play, Of the kind that is built by Miss GREENAWAY; Where the walls are low, and the roofs are red, And the birds are gay in the blue o'erhead; And the dear little figures, in frocks and frills, Go roaming about at their own sweet wills, And 'play with the pups,' and 'reprove the calves,' And do nought in the world (but Work) by halves, From 'Hunt the Slipper' and 'Riddle-me-ree' To watching the cat in the apple-tree. O Art of the Household! Men may prate Of their ways 'intense' and Italianate, -- They may soar on their wings of sense, and float To the au dela and the dim remote, -- Till the last sun skin in the last-lit West, 'Tis the Art at the Door that will please the best; To the end of Time 'twill be still the same, For the Earth first laughed when the children came | 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 A FANCY FROM FONTENELLE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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