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EMMANUEL by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE LIES A STRANGELY SERIOUS CHILD
Last Line: SMILING -- THAT HE IS SO SOUND ASLEEP.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
Here lies a strangely serious child,
Called on earth Emmanuel.
Never to laughter reconciled,
This day-long peace must please him well;
He must, forsooth, in secret keep
Smiling -- that he is so sound asleep.



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