New-born Baby
Philip Brough 1941 (Leek)
Little infant, lying calmly there,
Snug in your cot beside that wooden chair
So helpless, still, serene and heavy-eyed;
Born on the flesh, God ripped from Adam’s side;
If, when your time to die, draws ever near,
You’re filled with that unknown and nameless fear,
Remember those who gave you mortal breath.
Come, join the anonymity of Death.
About this poem
I wrote this on the birth of my first nephew
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Written on November 30, 1959
Submitted by bebefil on November 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | AABB CCDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 345 |
Words | 65 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
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