WHO knows the thoughts of a child, The angel unreconciled To the new strange world that lies Outstretched to its wondering eyes? Who knows if a piteous fear, Too deep for a sob or a tear, Is beneath that breathless gaze Of sudden and swift amaze, -- Some fear from the dim unknown, Some shadow like black mist blown Across the heavenly ray Of this new-come dawning day? But the smile which as sudden and swift Breaks through the shadowy rift, -- From what far heaven or near, What unseen blissful sphere, Comes the smile of a little child, This angel unreconciled To the new, strange world that lies Outstretched to its wondering eyes? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A STRIP OF BLUE by LUCY LARCOM REBECCA'S HYMN, FR. IVANHOE by WALTER SCOTT FRIENDSHIP [OR, THE TRUE FRIEND] by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE THE VISION OF SIN by ALFRED TENNYSON PRAYER FOR A BOY WITH A KITE by DOROTHY P. ALBAUGH ALONG SHORE by HERBERT BASHFORD FRAGMENTS INTENDED FOR DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: MAN'S GUARD AGAINST DEATH by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HYMEN AND CUPID - MARRIAGE AND LOVE by APHRA BEHN |