"The Dawn of Reason we admir'd,
As op'ning Blossoms fair,
New to the silent grave retir'd,
Its Organs moulder there,
Flowers on thy Breast & round thy Head,
With thee their Sweets resign,
Nipp'd from their tender Stalks & dead,
Their fate resembles thine.
Just as their Charms allure the Eye,
And fragrant Leaves unfold,
Clos'd in eternal Night they lie,
To mix with common Mould."
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Analysis
The above passage
from Milcah Martha Moore can be read in seemingly two ways: a literal
loss of youth and the metaphorical. This moral poem deals with the
loss of a little girl, in her time children were highly susceptible
to disease and other ailments making mortality an all to real lesson
of daily life. Children were a prized asset that represented future
generations of a family, and the loss of a child even if common was
devastating. Children also represented innocence from a divine
perspective so the poem could allude to that point as well. As the
norm Moore perfectly outlines the daily hardships and moral dilemmas
of women in her time and society.
~ Lacie Lussier
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