IX
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
· (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of New-Year's Eve
I have been wild and wayward, but ye'll forgive me now;
You'll kiss me, my own mother, upon my cheek and brow;
Nay—nay, ye must not weep, nor let your grief be wild,
You should not fret for me, mother, you have another child.