Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN INFANT EXPIRING THE SECOND DAY OF ITS BIRTH, by MEHETABEL (WESLEY) WRIGHT First Line: Tender softness, infant mild Last Line: Partner in thy destiny! Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | ||||||||
TENDER softness, infant mild, Perfect, purest, brightest child; Transient lustre, beauteous clay, Smiling wonder of a day: Ere the last convulsive start Rends thy unresisting heart; Ere the long-enduring swoon Weighs thy precious eyelids down; Oh! regard a mother's moan, Anguish deeper than thy own! Fairest eyes, whose dawning light Late with rapture blessed my sight, Ere your orbs extinguished be, Bend their trembling beams on me, Drooping sweetness, verdant flower, Blooming, withering in an hour, Ere thy gentle breast sustains Latest, fiercest, vital pains, Hear a suppliant! Let me be Partner in thy destiny! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE ADDRESS TO HER HUSBAND by MEHETABEL (WESLEY) WRIGHT |
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