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SECRET LAUGHTER by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: THERE IS A SECRET LAUGHTER
Last Line: BY GOD, I HAVE A SON!
Subject(s): BIRTH; HAPPINESS; SONS; CHILD BIRTH; MIDWIFERY; JOY; DELIGHT;

"I had a secret laughter."
-- Walter de la Mare.

THERE is a secret laughter
That often comes to me,
And though I go about my work
As humble as can be,
There is no prince or prelate
I envy -- no, not one.
No evil can befall me --
By God, I have a son!



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