FIRST she come to our house, Tommy run and hid; And Emily and Bob and me We cried jus' like we did When Mother died, -- and we all said 'At we all wisht 'at we was dead! And Nurse she couldn't stop us; And Pa he tried and tried, -- We sobbed and shook and wouldn't look, But only cried and cried; And nen some one -- we couldn't jus' Tell who -- was cryin' same as us! Our Stepmother! Yes, it was her, Her arms around us all -- 'Cause Tom slid down the banister And peeked in from the hall. -- And we all love her, too, because She's purt' nigh good as Mother was! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A DIRGE FOR MCPHERSON; KILLED IN FRONT OF ATLANTA by HERMAN MELVILLE THE NOBLEMAN AND THE PENSIONER by GOTTLIEB KONRAD PFEFFEL LOCKSLEY HALL SIXTY YEARS AFTER by ALFRED TENNYSON CLERICAL OPPRESSORS by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER A FAIRY TALE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY BIRTH by MARY CATHERINE BRENNAN |