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MOTHER TO BABE by GEORGE MEREDITH

Poet Analysis

First Line: FLECK OF SKY YOU ARE
Last Line: UP TO DEAR SUNSHINE.
Subject(s): BABIES; MOTHERS; INFANTS;

I

FLECK of sky you are,
Dropped through branches dark,
O my little one, mine!
Promise of the star,
Outpour of the lark;
Beam and song divine.

II

See this precious gift,
Steeping in new birth
All my being, for sign
Earth to heaven can lift,
Heaven descend on earth,
Both in one be mine!

III

Life in light you glass
When you peep and coo,
You, my little one, mine!
Brooklet chirps to grass,
Daisy looks in dew
Up to dear sunshine.



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