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Poems ~ Firelight
written by Katherine Mansfield
1923.




Playing in the fire and twilight together,
My little son and I,
Suddenly--woefully--I stoop to catch him.
"Try, mother, try!"

Old Nurse Silence lifts a silent finger:
"Hush! cease your play!"
What happened? What in that tiny moment
Flew away?


This work is in the public domain in countries where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or less.
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