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LIKE A SICK CHILD by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING

Poet Analysis

First Line: LIKE A SICK CHILD THAT KNOWETH NOT
Last Line: COULD COME FROM ANY OTHER.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;
LIKE a sick child that knoweth not
His mother while she blesses,
And droppeth on his burning brow
The coolness of her kisses;
And turns his fevered eyes around--
"My mother, where's my mother?"
As if such tender words and looks
Could come from any other.



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