Madeline With other poems and parables: By Thomas Gordon Hake |
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ON THE INFANT AT THE BREAST. |
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Madeline | ||
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XXVI. ON THE INFANT AT THE BREAST.
Dot of humanity, thy rosy cheek
Tints with its flush the breast to which it clings;
Thy lips by industry a living seek,
And pick up drink at virtue's famous springs.
Tints with its flush the breast to which it clings;
Thy lips by industry a living seek,
And pick up drink at virtue's famous springs.
Nature the store provided for thy gain,
It else within the frothy well had soured;
Then still thy mother of her goods distrain,
By thee the font be looted and devoured.
It else within the frothy well had soured;
Then still thy mother of her goods distrain,
By thee the font be looted and devoured.
It will convey no poison to thy mind,
It is thy booty won in honest strife;
No ratsbane with it shall a passage find,
Churn it between thy lips, it saves thy life.
It is thy booty won in honest strife;
No ratsbane with it shall a passage find,
Churn it between thy lips, it saves thy life.
Madeline | ||