Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Poems (1901). II. TalismanKatharine Tynan Hinkson (18611931)
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The child for a charm
’Gainst fear and ’gainst sorrow,
To-day and to-morrow.
The child for a charm
Betwixt me and harm.
Small body of blisses!
Your hand on my neck
And your cheek to my cheek.
What shall hurt me or harm
With all Heaven in my arm?