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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ORGAN SONGS: SONG OF THE INNOCENTS, by GEORGE MACDONALD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Merry, merry we well may be
Last Line: We have learned to walk, and must follow him home!
Subject(s): Children; Innocence; Jesus Christ; Childhood
First Line: Merry, merry we well may be
Last Line: We have learned to walk, and must follow him home!
Subject(s): Children; Innocence; Jesus Christ; Childhood
MERRY, merry we well may be,
For Jesus Christ is come down to see!
Long before, at the top of the stair,
He set our angels a waiting there,
Waiting hither and thither to fly,
Tending the children of the sky,
Lest they dash little feet against big stones,
And tumble down and break little bones;
For the path is rough, and we must not roam;
We have learned to walk, and must follow him home!
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