Poetry & Verse
The Child Is Father To The Man
By Gerard Manley HopkinsSource: Gerard Manley Hopkins - PoetryDB (Public Domain)Short51 words
'The child is father to the man.' How can he be? The words are wild. Suck any sense from that who can: 'The child is...
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'The child is father to the man.' How can he be? The words are wild. Suck any sense from that who can: 'The child is father to the man.' No; what the poet did write ran, 'The man is father to the child.' 'The child is father to the man!' How can he be? The words are wild.
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