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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE LADY CREW, UPON THE DEATH OF HER CHILD, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Why, madam, will ye longer weep Last Line: To spring againe another yeare. Subject(s): Death - Children; Death - Babies | |||
Why, Madam, will ye longer weep, When as your Baby's lull'd asleep? And (pretty Child) feeles now no more Those paines it lately felt before. All now is silent; groanes are fled: Your Child lyes still, yet is not dead: But rather like a flower hid here To spring againe another yeare. | 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 A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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