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A Song

Theodosia Garrison

I am as weary as a child
That weeps upon its mother's breast
For joy of comforting. But I
Have no such place to rest.
  
I am as weary as a bird
Blown by wild winds far out to sea
When it regains its nest. But, Oh,
There waits no nest for me.
  
What think you may sustain the bird
That finds no housing after flight?
And what the little child console
Who weeps alone at night?
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BCXC BDXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 366
Words 79
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
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Theodosia Garrison

also known as: Theodosia Pickering Garrison; Mrs. Frederic Faulks. Worked on the staff of Life Magazine; helped to organize the 250th Anniversary of the City of Newark, NJ (she was also born in Newark, NJ); resided in New Jersey. Was a houseguest of the famed poet E. Wilcox; made the Who's Who 1914 list. Information is difficult to collect on this poet. More will be posted at a later date. more…

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