Woman in Child

Pregnant women positively bloom...

'Oh, woman in child

What dare do you dare;

The wind's in its warren

The rain's in your hair,

The tides of the spirit

Are tides of the moon,

What mysteries ferret

Sweet love in your womb.'

 

'Womb-woman in child,

What witch do you wear;

Sad King's in his carriage

Wild spell's in the air,

Such wonder has pealed

From you never before,

My child's in your bracken;

My heart's on your shore.'

 

David Lewis Paget