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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AD ASTRA: 15, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: When life seems valueless, the future void
Last Line: She scants her offspring for her latest gown!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: When life seems valueless, the future void
Last Line: She scants her offspring for her latest gown!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Mothers
When Life seems valueless, the future void,
Her garish contrasts are too harsh to bear—
Nature in field and forest is o'erjoy'd,
While we, poor outcasts, unbefriended fare.
What doth our unregardant Mother care?
Like some proud dame, whom social pleasures crown,
She scants her offspring for her latest gown!
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