Poem by George Meredith

Mother to Babe

I

Fleck of sky you are,
Dropped through branches dark,
O my little one, mine!
Promise of the star,
Outpour of the lark;
Beam and song divine.

II

See this precious gift,
Steeping in new birth
All my being, for sign
Earth to heaven can lift,
Heaven descend on earth,
Both in one be mine!

III

Life in light you glass
When you peep and coo,
You, my little one, mine!
Brooklet chirps to grass,
Daisy looks in dew
Up to dear sunshine. 

1. Modern Love. Sonnet 24. The Misery is Greater, as I Live!
2. On Como
3. Empdeocles
4. Hawarden
5. Modern Love. Sonnet 7. She Issues Radiant from Her Dressing-room

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