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HOLY INNOCENTS by ROBERT LOWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: LISTEN, THE HAY-BELLS TINKLE AS THE CART
Last Line: LAMB OF THE SHEPHERDS, CHILD, HOW STILL YOU LIE
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS;

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF CHRISTMAS POEMS.
  HARRISON, MICHAEL, & STUART-CLARK, CHRISTOPHER (EDS.)
  (1984)
 
NEW POETS OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA.
  HALL, DONALD, & PACK, ROBERT, & SIMPSON, LOUIS (EDS.)
  (1957)
 
INVITATION TO POETRY; A ROUND OF POEMS FROM JOHN SKELTON TO DYLAN THOMAS ARRANGED WITH COMMENTS.
  FRANKENBERG, LLOYD (ED.)
  (1956)
 
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  HALL, DONALD (ED.)
  (1962)
 
DIVINE INSPIRATION; THE LIFE OF JESUS IN WORLD POETRY.
  ATWAN, ROBERT, GEORGE DARDESS, AND PEGGY ROSENTHAL (EDS.)
  (1998)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  LOWELL, ROBERT
  (1977)
 



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