236. Maternity by Alice Meynell. Monroe, Harriet, ed. 1917. The New Poetry: An Anthology

Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

236. Maternity

By Alice Meynell


ONE wept whose only child was dead
New-born, ten years ago.
“Weep not; he is in bliss,” they said.
She answered, “Even so.

“Ten years ago was born in pain	5
A child not now forlorn.
But oh, ten years ago, in vain
A mother, a mother was born.”