Hymns for a Mother

Title

Hymns for a Mother

Alternative Title

Collection in The Maniac

Creator

George Shepard Burleigh

George Shepard Burleigh

Date

1849 (latest)

Bibliographic Citation

George Shepard Burleigh, The Maniac: and Other Poems. Philadelphia: J.W. Moore, 1849

Related resource

Name for a grouping of four poems - contains "The Dead Boy-Babe," "The Babe's Welcome in Heaven," "The First Born," "The First Smile" - published in their entirety in The Maniac and Other Poems. Follow the links below for the text

First-Born, The

First Smile, The

Dead Boy-Babe, The

Babe’s Welcome in Heaven, The

Subject

Motherhood

note

Hang-bird’s Nest, The

The Hang-Bird's Nest illustration

Illustration comes from a later poem of George S. Burleigh, the Hang-Bird's Nest, in an 1886 publication.