And crowns of health for the bright young head.”

[MY DARLING UNBORN]

O dear little one that my eyes never saw,

Yet sprang to existence so near to my heart.

Thou gatherest strength from each breath that I draw;

Thus, of all I have precious, I give thee a part.

Thus I nourished thee, darling, by day and by night,

And in the strange burden I take a delight;