"Chief of our aunts"--not only I, But all your dozen of nurselings cry -- "What did the other children do? And what were childhood, wanting you?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEGY: 16. ON HIS MISTRESS by JOHN DONNE FOR THE HOLY FAMILY, BY MICHELANGELO (IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THE LOTOS-EATERS by ALFRED TENNYSON QUATRAIN: HERRICK by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH A REMEMBERED FACE by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG FLOATING HEARTS by GEORGE BRADFORD BARTLETT |