THE young child, Christ, is straight and wise And asks questions of the old men, questions Found under running water for all children And found under shadows thrown on still waters By tall trees looking downward, old and gnarled. Found to the eyes of children alone, untold, Singing a low song in the loneliness. And the young child, Christ, goes on asking And the old men answer nothing and only know love For the young child. Christ, straight and wise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE GODS OF THE EARTH BENEATH by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE CANON OF AUGHRIM by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. THE STONE-CUTTER by EDWARD CARPENTER QUATRAIN: THE STARS by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN THE BUILDER AND HIS TOOLS by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE NOVEMBER by DAVID HARTLEY COLERIDGE PERSIAN [ORIENTAL] ECLOGUES: 3: ABRA; OR GEORGIAN SULTANA by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) |