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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LITTLE CHILDREN, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Suffer little children to come unto me,' Last Line: The anti-christ of schrecklichkeit. Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. Subject(s): Children; Evil; Hell; Jesus Christ - Life & Ministry; Childhood | |||
"Suffer little children to come unto me," Christ said, and answering with infernal glee, "Take them!" the arch-fiend scoffed, and from the tottering walls Of their wrecked homes, and from the cattle's stalls, And the dogs' kennels, and the cold Of the waste fields, and from the hapless hold Of their dead mothers' arms, famished and bare, And maimed by shot and shell, The master-spirit of hell Caught them up, and through the shuddering air Of the hope-forsaken world The little ones he hurled, Mocking that Pity in his pitiless might— The Anti-Christ of Schrecklichkeit. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THREE CHILDREN by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN CHILDREN SELECTING BOOKS IN A LIBRARY by RANDALL JARRELL COME TO THE STONE ... by RANDALL JARRELL THE LOST WORLD by RANDALL JARRELL A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL CONTINENT'S END by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS IN CHILDHOOD by DONALD JUSTICE THE POET AT SEVEN by DONALD JUSTICE |
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