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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