After the months of torpor,
Weakness and ache and strain,
After this day's deep drowning
In stormy seas of pain-
To feel your hand, my baby,
Upon my bosom lain!
My little one, my baby,
What woes your touches quell!
It is the Christ-child coming
To save a soul from hell.
Out in the happy gardens
You bring me now to dwell.
My baby-O beloved,
Mine only you shall be,
Even as the soul our Lord's is,
Who died upon the tree.
Have I not won you, dearest,
By pain, as he won me?
So sweet, so soft, so little,
Such a wee helpless flower !
How may I shield you, dear one,
From the world's ruthless power,
And hold you close and warm here,
As now in your first hour?
Maternity
Harriet Monroe
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