William Cox Bennett

Poems (4)

• Baby May

  Cheeks as soft as July peaches; / Lips whose dewy scarlet teaches …

• Baby’s Shoes

  O, Those little, those little blue shoes! / Those shoes that no little feet use. …

• Invocation to Rain in Summer

  O Gentle, gentle summer rain, / Let not the silver lily pine, …

• The Worn Wedding-Ring

  Your wedding-ring wears thin, dear wife; ah, summers not a few, / Since I put it on your finger first, have passed o’er me and you; …