Daughters Poem – MADHU MALTI

Consolation (To M. Duperrier, Gentleman Of Aix In Provence, On The Death Of His Daughter) : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : : Daughters Poems : :

Will then, Duperrier, thy sorrow be eternal?And shall the sad discourseWhispered within thy heart, by tenderness paternal,Only augment its force? Thy daughter’s mournful fate, into the tomb descendingBy death’s frequented ways,Has it become to thee a labyrinth never ending,Where thy lost reason strays? I know the charms that made her youth a benediction:Nor should IContinue reading “Consolation (To M. Duperrier, Gentleman Of Aix In Provence, On The Death Of His Daughter) : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : : Daughters Poems : :”

Marina ; T S Eliot : : Daughters Poem : :

MarinaBy T.S. Eliot Quis hic locus, quae regio, quae mundi plaga? What seas what shores what grey rocks and what islandsWhat water lapping the bowAnd scent of pine and the woodthrush singing through the fogWhat images returnO my daughter. Those who sharpen the tooth of the dog, meaningDeathThose who glitter with the glory of theContinue reading “Marina ; T S Eliot : : Daughters Poem : :”

Born Yesterday : Philips Larkin : : Daughter’s Poems : :

Philips Larkin ‘s ” Born Yesterday ” Written for Sally Amis, the daughter of Larkin’s friend Kingsley Amis and his first wife Hilly, sees Larkin wishing for whatever will make the newborn baby happy. We , at many time see that an extraordinary and remarkable persons have more expectations placed on their shoulders, which theyContinue reading “Born Yesterday : Philips Larkin : : Daughter’s Poems : :”

A Prayer For My Daughter : W B Yeats : : Daughter’s Poems : : ( 1 ) : :

A Prayer for my DaughterW. B. Yeats Once more the storm is howling, and half hidUnder this cradle-hood and coverlidMy child sleeps on. There is no obstacleBut Gregory’s wood and one bare hillWhereby the haystack- and roof-levelling wind,Bred on the Atlantic, can be stayed;And for an hour I have walked and prayedBecause of the greatContinue reading “A Prayer For My Daughter : W B Yeats : : Daughter’s Poems : : ( 1 ) : :”