Even as a Child
CANTON , SEPTEMBER 19, 1901
EVEN as a child to whom sad neighbors speak
In symbol, saying that his father " sleeps " —
Who feels their meaning, even as his cheek
Feels the first tear-drop as it stings and leaps —
Who keenly knows his loss, and yet denies
Its awful import — grieves unreconciled,
Moans, drowses — rouses, with new-drowning eyes —
Even as a child.
Even as a child; with empty, aimless hand
Clasped sudden to the heart all hope deserts —
With tears that blur all lights on sea or land —
The lip that quivers and the throat that hurts:
Even so, the Nation that has known his love
Is orphaned now; and, whelmed in anguish wild
Knows but its sorrow and the ache thereof,
Even as a child.
EVEN as a child to whom sad neighbors speak
In symbol, saying that his father " sleeps " —
Who feels their meaning, even as his cheek
Feels the first tear-drop as it stings and leaps —
Who keenly knows his loss, and yet denies
Its awful import — grieves unreconciled,
Moans, drowses — rouses, with new-drowning eyes —
Even as a child.
Even as a child; with empty, aimless hand
Clasped sudden to the heart all hope deserts —
With tears that blur all lights on sea or land —
The lip that quivers and the throat that hurts:
Even so, the Nation that has known his love
Is orphaned now; and, whelmed in anguish wild
Knows but its sorrow and the ache thereof,
Even as a child.
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