Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER; AN UNCOMPLETED SONNET SEQUENCE: 20, by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER Poet's Biography First Line: There's one I miss. A little questioning maid Last Line: The eager baby voice outside my door. Alternate Author Name(s): Home, Cecil; Webster, Mrs. Julia Augusta Subject(s): Mothers & Daughters; Time | ||||||||
There's one I miss. A little questioning maid That held my finger, trotting by my side, And smiled out of her pleased eyes open wide, Wondering and wiser at each word I said. And I must help her frolics if she played, And I must feel her trouble if she cried; My lap was hers past right to be denied; She did my bidding, but I more obeyed. Dearer she is to-day, dearer and more; Closer to me, since sister womanhoods meet; Yet, like poor mothers some long while bereft, I dwell on toward ways, quaint memories left, I miss the approaching sound of pit-pat feet, The eager baby voice outside my door. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVEN EYES: FINAL SECTION by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: COME OCTOBER by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN SLOWLY: I FREQUENTLY SLOWLY WISH by LYN HEJINIAN ALL THE DIFFICULT HOURS AND MINUTES by JANE HIRSHFIELD A DAY IS VAST by JANE HIRSHFIELD FROM THIS HEIGHT by TONY HOAGLAND CIRCE by AUGUSTA DAVIES WEBSTER |
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