Here lies a strangely serious child, Called on earth Emmanuel. Never to laughter reconciled, This day-long peace must please him well; He must, forsooth, in secret keep Smiling -- that he is so sound asleep. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FUNERAL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE THE TWO MYSTERIES by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY SONNET: 98 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE DRINKING; PARAPHRASED by ANACREON VINCENT VAN GOGH by HARRIET R. BEAN NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 17 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |