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| First Written | 1943 |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Origin | UK |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| ISBN-10 | 0571151930 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0571151936 |
| My Copy | library hardback |
| First Read | May 07, 2014 |
New and Selected Poems
But the birth of a child is an uncontrollable glory;
Cat's cradle of hopes will hold no living baby,
Long though it lay quietly.
And when our baby stirs and struggles to be born
It compels humility: what we began
Is now its own.
- from For a Child Expected
Quoted on May 7, 2014