"OUR little babe," each said, "shall be Like unto thee" -- "Like unto @3thee!@1" "Her mother's" -- "Nay, his father's" -- "eyes," "Dear curls like thine" -- but each replies, "As thine, all thine, and naught of me." What sweet solemnity to see The little life upon thy knee, And whisper as so soft it lies, -- "Our little babe!" For, whether it be he or she, A David or a Dorothy, "As mother fair," or "father wise," Both when it's "good," and when it cries, One thing is certain, -- it will be @3Our@1 little babe. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DE GUSTIBUS' by ROBERT BROWNING OH, SWEET CONTENT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES SUMTER [APRIL 12, 1861] by EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 10. THE PALATINE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER HASCHEESH by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH REALISM by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE BLASPHEMER'S WARNING; A LAY OF ST. ROMWOLD by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |