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Robert W Service - Young MotherRobert W Service - Young Mother
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Her baby was so full of glee,          And through the day It laughed and babbled on her knee          In happy play. It pulled her hair all out of curl          With noisy joy; So peppy she was glad her girl          Was not a boy. Then as she longed for it to sleep,          To her surprise It just relaxed within her keep          With closing eyes. And as it lay upon her breast          So still its breath, So exquisite its utter rest          It looked like death. It seemed like it had slipped away          To shadow land; With tiny face like tinted clay          And waxen hand. No ghost of sigh, no living look . . .          Then with an ache Of panic fear and love she shook          Her babe awake.
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