O TEDDY BEAR! with your head awry And your comical twisted smile, You rub your eyes -- do you wonder why You've slept such a long, long while? As you lay so still in the cupboard dim, And you heard on the roof the rain, Were you thinking . . . what has become of @3him?@1 And when will he play again? Do you sometimes long for a chubby hand, And a voice so sweetly shrill? O Teddy Bear! don't you understand Why the house is awf'ly still? You sit with your muzzle propped on your paws, And your whimsical face askew. Don't wait, don't wait for your friend . . . because He's sleeping and dreaming too. Aye, sleeping long. . . . You remember how He stabbed our hearts with his cries? And oh, the dew of pain on his brow, And the deeps of pain in his eyes! And, Teddy Bear! you remember, too, As he sighed and sank to his rest, How all of a sudden he smiled to you, And he clutched you close to his breast. I'll put you away, little Teddy Bear, In the cupboard far from my sight; Maybe he'll come and he'll kiss you there, A wee white ghost in the night. But me, I'll live with my love and pain A weariful lifetime through; And my Hope: will I see him again, again? Ah, God! If I only knew! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HAPPY WIND by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE HOUSE OF LIFE: 71. THE CHOICE (1) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI SONNET: THE RARITY OF GENIUS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 17. THE BESTOWER by EDWIN ARNOLD THE LOVE SONNETS OF PROTEUS: 89. THE LIMIT OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT POIHNATION; FOR J. P. by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN AT ALTON BAY by HEZEKIAH BUTTERWORTH VALEDICTORY STANZAS TO JOHN P. KEMBLE, ESQ.; FOR A PUBLIC MEETING by THOMAS CAMPBELL TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. WHEN I AM NEAR TO YOU by EDWARD CARPENTER |