1196. Whenever a Little Child Is Born by Agnes Carter Mason. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1196. Whenever a Little Child Is Born

By Agnes Carter Mason


WHENEVER a little child is born,
All night a soft wind rocks the corn;
One more buttercup wakes to the morn,
Somewhere, somewhere.

One more rosebud shy will unfold,	5
One more grass-blade push through the mold,
One more bird-song the air will hold,
Somewhere, somewhere.