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THE WAY THE BABY CAME by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: O THIS IS THE WAY THE BABY CAME
Last Line: O THIS IS THE WAY THE BABY CAME!
Subject(s): BABIES; BEAUTY; BIRTH; INFANTS; CHILD BIRTH; MIDWIFERY;

O THIS is the way the baby came:
Out of the night as comes the dawn
Out of the embers as the flame:
Out of the bud the blossom on
The apple-bough that blooms the same
As in glad summers dead and gone --
With a grace and beauty none could name --
O this is the way the baby came!



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