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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GONE TO SCHOOL, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: The baby has gone to school; ah me
Last Line: How could she bear the loneliness?
Subject(s): Mothers
First Line: The baby has gone to school; ah me
Last Line: How could she bear the loneliness?
Subject(s): Mothers
THE baby has gone to school; ah me!
What will the mother do,
With never a call to button or pin,
Or tie a little shoe?
How can she keep herself busy all day,
With the little hindering thing away?
Another basket to fill with lunch,
Another good-by to say,
And the mother stands at the door to see
Her baby march away,
And turns with a sigh that is half relief,
And half a something skin to grief.
She thinks of a possible future morn,
When the children, one by one,
Will go from their home out into the world,
To battle with life alone,
And not even the baby be left to cheer
The desolate home of that future year.
She picks up garments here and there,
Thrown down in careless haste;
And tries to think how it would seem
If nothing were displaced:
If the house were always as still as this,
How could she bear the loneliness?
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