I SEE the sleeping babe, nestling the breast of its mother;
The sleeping mother and babe—hush’d, I study them long and long.
Classic poem
Mother and Babe.
Public domain/Source
About this poem
- First line
- I SEE the sleeping babe, nestling the breast of its mother;
- Poet
- Walt Whitman
- Themes
- night
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