Trudging to Eden, looking backward — David Copperfield

Trudging to Eden, looking backward, ¹
I met Somebody's little Boy
Asked him his name－He lisped me "Trotwood"－
Lady, did He belong to thee?

Would it comfort－to know I met him－⁵
And that He didn't look afraid?
I couldn't weep－for so many smiling
New Acquaintance－this Baby made－

(F.1031/J.1020)

[1] Trudging to Eden:: the narrator, Clara Copperfield, David's mother, is dead. This poem is about David Copperfield (1850) by Charles Dickens.
[2] Boy:: Betsey Trotwood's child. Betsey has no child in the novel, and she liked no boy but girl, assuming that she had a boy once but died.
[4] Lady:: Betsey Trotwood.
[8] this Baby:: Betsey's boy died early.