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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NO CHILD, by PADRAIC COLUM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I heard in the night the pigeons Last Line: A childless woman hears.' | |||
I heard in the night the pigeons Stirring within their nest: The wild pigeons' stir was tender, Like a child's hand at the breast. I cried, 'O stir no more! (My breast was touched with tears) O pigeons, make no stir - A childless woman hears.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN OLD WOMAN OF THE ROADS by PADRAIC COLUM FUCHSIA HEDGES IN CONNACHT by PADRAIC COLUM THE PLOUGHER [OR PLOWER] by PADRAIC COLUM THE SEA BIRD TO THE WAVE by PADRAIC COLUM VERSES FOR ALFEO FAGGI'S STATIONS OF THE CROSS by PADRAIC COLUM THE GARDEN YEAR by SARA COLERIDGE MY YOUTH by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES GREEK SONG: 1. THE STORM OF DELPHI by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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