Poems (Mary Coleridge)/Poem 188

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CLXXXVIII A MOTHER TO A BABY
Where were you, Baby? Where were you, dear?Even I have known you Only a year.
You were born, Baby, When I was born.Twelve months ago you Left me forlorn.
Why did you leave me, Heart of my heart?Then I was all of you, Now you are part.
You lived while I lived, We two were one.We two are two now While the days run.
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Every maid born, love, Womanly, mild,Is in herself, love, Mother and child.

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