Poem by Alexander Lawrence Posey

Mother and Baby

    Tired at length of crying,
    Laughing, cooing, sighing,
The baby lies so qui’t and still,
    Scarce breathing in his sleep;
The mother watches, half-inclined
    To hide her face and weep.

1. Song of the Oktahutchee
2. On Viewing the Skull and Bones of a Wolf
3. Assured
4. Nightfall
5. To My Wife

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