Relationships
Mother and Babe
From Leaves of Grass
Relationships
I see the sleeping babe nestling the breast of its mother,
The sleeping mother and babe--hush’d, I study them long and long.
Cite this poem
MLA
Whitman, Walt. “Mother and Babe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/130/.
Chicago
Whitman, Walt. “Mother and Babe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitman/130/.
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