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LONGFELLOW'S LOVE FOR THE CHILDREN by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: AWAKE, HE LOVED THEIR VOICES
Last Line: WAS THE SWEETEST FOR HIM TO HEAR.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH (1807-1882); LOVE; CHILDHOOD;
AWAKE, he loved their voices,
And wove them into his rhyme;
And the music of their laughter
Was with him all the time.

Though he knew the tongues of nations,
And their meanings all were dear,
The prattle and lisp of a little child
Was the sweetest for him to hear.



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