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The Childless Woman
The children she had missed,
That never yet had birth,
Unwarmed, unfed, unkissed,
Soured all her joy of earth.
But when her day was done
And none was desolate,
Dusty and all alone,
She knocked at Heaven's gate,
Birds from a parapet
Called to her clear and shrill;
With 'Mother! Mother!' so wild and sweet,
And they were never still.
They were no birds at all
But children small and bright;
When she came past the high wall
They were as birds in flight.
One was clasping her hand;
One was hugging her gown;
The littlest one of all the band
She lifted nor set him down.
Her hungry heart and cold
Was filled full and to spare:
One had her feet to hold,
One was kissing her hair.
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The Childless Woman
The children she had missed,
That never yet had birth,
Unwarmed, unfed, unkissed,
Soured all her joy of earth.
But when her day was done
And none was desolate,
Dusty and all alone,
She knocked at Heaven's gate,
Birds from a parapet
Called to her clear and shrill;
With 'Mother! Mother!' so wild and sweet,
And they were never still.
They were no birds at all
But children small and bright;
When she came past the high wall
They were as birds in flight.
One was clasping her hand;
One was hugging her gown;
The littlest one of all the band
She lifted nor set him down.
Her hungry heart and cold
Was filled full and to spare:
One had her feet to hold,
One was kissing her hair.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1330182944
- ISBN 13 9781330182949
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages62
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