A Father of Women, and other poems
image1
By Alice Meynell 1 Jan, 2020
Our father works in us, The daughters of his manhood.  Not undone Is he, not wasted, though transmuted thus,       And though he left no son.       Therefore on him I cry To arm me: “For my delicate mind a casque, A breastplat ... Read more
Our father works in us, The daughters of his manhood.  Not undone Is he, not wasted, though transmuted thus,       And though he left no son.       Therefore on him I cry To arm me: “For my delicate mind a casque, A breastplate for my heart, courage to die,       Of thee, captain, I ask. Less
  • File size
  • Print pages
  • Publisher
  • Language
  • ISBN
  • 21.277 KB
  • 38
  • Public Domain Books
  • English
  • 978-1290008488
Alice Christiana Gertrude Meynell (née Thompson; 11 October 1847 – 27 November 1922) was a British writer, editor, critic, and suffragist, now remembered mainly as a poet. Alice Christiana Gertrude...
Related Books