Late arrival, no
One would think of blaming you
For hesitating so.

Who, setting his hand to knock
At a door so strange as this one,
Might not draw back?

Analysis, meaning and summary of Donald Justice's poem To A Ten-Months’ Child

2 Comments

  1. anonimos says:

    i didn’t get the last verse

  2. Peyton says:

    good poem, and true

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