TAKE heed of this small child of earth; He is great: he hath in him God most high. Children before their fleshly birth Are lights alive in the blue sky. In our light bitter world of wrong They come; God gives us them awhile. His speech is in their stammering tongue, And his forgiveness in their smile. Their sweet light rests upon our eyes Alas! their right to joy is plain. If they are hungry, Paradise Weeps, and, if cold, Heaven thrills with pain. The want that saps their sinless flower Speaks judgment on sin's ministers. Man holds an angel in his power. Ah! deep in Heaven what thunder stirs, When God seeks out these tender things Whom in the shadow where we sleep He sends us clothed about with wings, And find them ragged babes that weep! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HENRY MOORE'S STATUE AT LINCOLN CENTER by KAREN SWENSON ALL IS VANITY, SAITH THE PREACHER' by GEORGE GORDON BYRON KU KLUX by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN POPPY: FANTASTIC EXTRAVAGANCE by FRANCIS THOMPSON THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD PENSIONER (2) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |