Poems (Crandall)/The Word Unsaid
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Weaning
With a cheek of velvet
To my shoulder pressed;
Sitting in the moonlight,
Soothing babe to rest.
To my shoulder pressed;
Sitting in the moonlight,
Soothing babe to rest.
Rocking in the moonlight,
Sitting up in bed.
Bear the milk untasted
Away with careful tread.
Sitting up in bed.
Bear the milk untasted
Away with careful tread.
Little tear drops falling
On my neck like rain,
Baby's heart most broken,
Sobbing all in vain.
On my neck like rain,
Baby's heart most broken,
Sobbing all in vain.
Now his eyes are closing,
Hush my very heart;
Move him gently—gently,
See that frightened start?
Hush my very heart;
Move him gently—gently,
See that frightened start?
Tuck the covers softly
Round the dimpled feet;
Poor, wee, troubled darling
Sighing in his sleep.
Round the dimpled feet;
Poor, wee, troubled darling
Sighing in his sleep.
Thus begins our trials
Ere we learn to talk;
Weaned at every turning,
Down life's crooked walk.
Ere we learn to talk;
Weaned at every turning,
Down life's crooked walk.
We are weaned from mother;
Soon when older grown,
Cares and duties call us,
Wean us from our home.
Soon when older grown,
Cares and duties call us,
Wean us from our home.
Then within some other,
By small hands caressed,
With a cheek of velvet
To the shoulder pressed.
By small hands caressed,
With a cheek of velvet
To the shoulder pressed.
But we cannot keep it,
'Tis not nature's way;
Tho' we miss the burden
Soon 'twill grow away.
'Tis not nature's way;
Tho' we miss the burden
Soon 'twill grow away.
Evening shadows falling,
Make the lesson clear;
Weaned from every treasure
Human hearts hold dear.
Make the lesson clear;
Weaned from every treasure
Human hearts hold dear.
Till eternal glory—
All our struggles past—
Breaks upon our our vision—
Weaned from earth at last.
All our struggles past—
Breaks upon our our vision—
Weaned from earth at last.