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Playing in the fire and twilight together, | |||
My little son and I, | |||
Suddenly--woefully--I stoop to catch him. | |||
"Try, mother, try!" | |||
Old Nurse Silence lifts a silent finger: | |||
"Hush! cease your play!" | |||
What happened? What in that tiny moment | |||
Flew away? | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
Revision as of 07:51, 13 February 2008
| Poems ~ 'Firelight' written by Katherine Mansfield |
| 1923. | Link to further information |
Playing in the fire and twilight together,
My little son and I,
Suddenly--woefully--I stoop to catch him.
"Try, mother, try!"
Old Nurse Silence lifts a silent finger:
"Hush! cease your play!"
What happened? What in that tiny moment
Flew away?
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This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less. |