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THE QUEENLIEST WOMAN by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE QUEENLIEST WOMAN, BRAVEST, BEST OF ALL SWEET THINGS
Last Line: NESTLING, ROCKS AGAIN.
Subject(s): MOTHERS;

THE queenliest woman, bravest, best of all sweet things
beneath the sun?
I say the queenliest is that one -- seek north or south or
east or west --
Who loves to fold the little frock and hear the cradle rock and rock.

I say the purest woman, best beneath our forty stars is she
Who loves her spouse most ardently and rocks the cradle oftenest --
Who rocks and sings, and rocks, and then when birds are
nestling, rocks again.




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