Poem by Alice Meynell

Maternity

One wept whose only child was dead,
    New-born, ten years ago.
"Weep not; he is in bliss," they said.
    She answered, "Even so,

"Ten years ago was born in pain
    A child, not now forlorn.
But oh, ten years ago, in vain,
    A mother, a mother was born."

1. Two Boyhoods
2. To the Body
3. Christmas Night
4. Singers to Come
5. The Two Poets

Robert Service Maternity ("There once was a Square, such a square little Square")

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