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ORGAN SONGS: SONG OF THE INNOCENTS by GEORGE MACDONALD

Poet Analysis

First Line: MERRY, MERRY WE WELL MAY BE
Last Line: WE HAVE LEARNED TO WALK, AND MUST FOLLOW HIM HOME!
Subject(s): CHILDREN; INNOCENCE; JESUS CHRIST; CHILDHOOD;

MERRY, merry we well may be,
For Jesus Christ is come down to see!
Long before, at the top of the stair,
He set our angels a waiting there,
Waiting hither and thither to fly,
Tending the children of the sky,
Lest they dash little feet against big stones,
And tumble down and break little bones;
For the path is rough, and we must not roam;
We have learned to walk, and must follow him home!



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