Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHILD, by CARL SANDBURG


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First Line: The young child, christ, is straight and wise
Last Line: For the young child. Christ, straight and wise.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ - Childhood & Youth; Religion; Theology


THE young child, Christ, is straight and wise
And asks questions of the old men, questions
Found under running water for all children
And found under shadows thrown on still waters
By tall trees looking downward, old and gnarled.
Found to the eyes of children alone, untold,
Singing a low song in the loneliness.
And the young child, Christ, goes on asking
And the old men answer nothing and only know love
For the young child. Christ, straight and wise.





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