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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WE ARE CHILDREN, by ROBERT WILLIAMS BUCHANAN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Children indeed are we - children that
Last Line: When he returns, all will be sleeping sound.
Alternate Author Name(s): Maitland, Thomas
Variant Title(s): When We Are All Asleep
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: Children indeed are we - children that
Last Line: When he returns, all will be sleeping sound.
Alternate Author Name(s): Maitland, Thomas
Variant Title(s): When We Are All Asleep
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
CHILDREN indeed are we -- children that wait
Within a wondrous dwelling, while on high
Stretch the sad vapors and the voiceless sky;
The house is fair, yet all is desolate
Because our Father comes not; clouds of fate
Sadden above us -- shivering we espy
The passing rain, the cloud before the gate,
And cry to one another, "He is nigh!"
At early morning, with a shining Face,
He left us innocent and lily-crown'd;
And now this late -- night cometh on apace --
We hold each other's hands and look around,
Frighted at our own shades! Heaven send us grace!
When He returns, all will be sleeping sound.
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