Relationships

To a Hurt Child

by Grace Denio Litchfield 1849–1944

From An American Anthology, 1787–1900, ed. Edmund Clarence Stedman (1900)

Relationships

What, are you hurt, Sweet? So am I;
Cut to the heart;
Though I may neither moan nor cry,
To ease the smart.

Where was it, Love? Just here! So wide
Upon your cheek!
Oh happy pain that needs no pride,
And may dare speak.

Lay here your pretty head. One touch
Will heal its worst,
While I, whose wound bleeds overmuch,
Go all unnursed.

There, Sweet. Run back now to your play,
Forget your woes.
I too was sorely hurt this day, —
But no one knows.

MLA

Litchfield, Grace Denio. “To a Hurt Child.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/litchfield_gd/0/.

Chicago

Litchfield, Grace Denio. “To a Hurt Child.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/litchfield_gd/0/.

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