Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CRUEL MOTHER (3), by ANONYMOUS First Line: She sat down below a thorn Last Line: And the green leaves they grow rarely Subject(s): Mothers;murder | ||||||||
She sat down below a thorn, Fine flowers in the valley, And there she has her sweet babe born And the green leaves they grow rarely. "Smile na sae sweet, my bonny babe," Fine flowers in the valley, "And ye smile sea sweet, ye'll smile me dead." And the green leaves they grow rarely. She's taen out her little pen-knife, Fine flowers in the valley, And twinned the sweet babe o' its life, And the green leaves they grow rarely. She's howket a grave by the light of the moon, Fine flowers in the valley, And there she's buried her sweet babe in And the green leaves they grow rarely. As she was going to the church, Fine flowers in the valley, She saw a sweet babe in the porch And the green leaves they grow rarely. "O sweet babe, and thou were mine," Fine flowers in the valley, "I wad cleed thee in the silk so fine." And the green leaves they grow rarely. "O mother dear, when I was thine," Fine flowers in the valley, "You did na prove to me sae kind." And the green leaves they grow rarely. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...KILLING AT THE NEIGHBORS by JUDY JORDAN CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE:FALL RIVER HISTORICAL MUSEUM by JAN HELLER LEVI YOU GOTTA TAKE OUT MILT by PAUL MULDOON WE HAD SEEN A PIG by MARVIN BELL HOW DUKE VALENTINE CONTRIVED by BASIL BUNTING A DREAM OF THREE SISTERS by NORMAN DUBIE TIS A LITTLE JOURNEY by ANONYMOUS |
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