In The Night

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Title:     In The Night
Author: Charles Hamilton Musgrove [More Titles by Musgrove]

_The Child._

I hear you weeping, mother, dear,--
I hear you wake and weep;
What brings the tears into your eyes
When you should be asleep?
I hear my name upon your lips;
What is it that you say
Of one who broke a trusting heart,
But now is far away?

_The Mother._

I weep for you, my pretty lass,
Frail flower of love unblessed,
Because I can not always hold
You close unto my breast;
I weep that you some day must go
Alone your way to find,
For, oh, you have your mother's eyes,
And men are seldom kind!

[The end]
Charles Hamilton Musgrove's poem: In The Night

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