Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Johnstown Center / Rock County / Wisconsin
Monday, May 19, 2003

Mother's Loss Comments

Rating: 3.2

If I could clasp my little babe
Upon my breast to-night,
I would not mind the blowing wind
That shrieketh in affright.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Melissa Patty 26 July 2016

Absolutely captivating! Beautiful

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Ratnakar Mandlik 14 May 2016

Lamenting of a mother on loss of her baby has been narrated in a superb manner. Though dipped in pain the poem is captivating. Thanks for sharing it here.

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Micheal Olaniyi 14 May 2016

yo!!! I feel like dying for this poem. I love this ssssso much

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Edward Kofi Louis 14 May 2016

Upon my breast to-night! Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Xing Hua 14 May 2016

Touching every heart poem. Worn out, I sleep; I wake - I weep - I sleep - hush, hush, my dear; Pitiful mother!

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Sranisha Francis 14 May 2016

Oh, Wounderfull, beautifully nareted The pain that makes a mother toss Through sleepless nights of woe.

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Mysterious Writer 333 14 May 2016

My poor heart. So sad. No person could mourn like how a mother mourns over a lost child. Beautiful.

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Alem Hailu G/kristos 14 May 2016

What a tearjerker poem crafted by a master poet!

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Robyn Elliman 11 August 2015

Wonderful read.So sad is the loss of a babe.

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Johnstown Center / Rock County / Wisconsin
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