Infant Sorrow
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| ←The Human Abstract | Songs of Experience by Infant Sorrow |
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| This poem was published in Songs of Experience in 1794. |
My mother groan'd! my father wept.
Into the dangerous world I leapt:
Helpless, naked, piping loud:
Like a fiend hid in a cloud.
Struggling in my father’s hands,
Striving against my swadling bands,
Bound and weary I thought best
To sulk upon my mother’s breast.
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This work published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. |
