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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HOLY FAMILY, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poet's Biography
First Line: O child of beauty rare
Last Line: He look'd upon the twain, like joseph standing by.
Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary
First Line: O child of beauty rare
Last Line: He look'd upon the twain, like joseph standing by.
Subject(s): Mary. Mother Of Jesus; Women In The Bible; Virgin Mary
O CHILD of beauty rare --
O mother chaste and fair --
How happy seem they both, so far beyond compare!
She, in her infant blest,
And he in conscious rest,
Nestling within the soft warm cradle of her breast!
What joy that sight might bear
To him who sees them there,
If, with a pure and guilt-untroubled eye,
He look'd upon the twain, like Joseph standing by.
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