THE LONELY CHILD

Poem from The Sea by James Oppenheim

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                <l>Do you think, my boy, that when I put my arms around you,</l>
                <l>To still your fears,</l>
                <l>That it is I that conquer the dark and the lonely night?</l>
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                <l>My arms seem to wrap love about you,</l>
                <l>As your little heart fluttering at my breast</l>
                <l>Throbs love through me...</l>
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                <l>But, dear one, it is not your father:</l>
                <l>Other arms are about you, drawing you near,</l>
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                <l>Some day you shall lie alone at nights,</l>
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The Sea 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
319 Love Library University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 thanhloi.le89@gmail.com
2012

Copyright © 2019 by Thanhloi Le

The Sea; 1924 The Sea James Oppenheim March 1924 Alfred A. Knoff, INC. New York

Thanhloi Le Transcribed and encoded a poem THE LONELY CHILD view page image(s) Do you think, my boy, that when I put my arms around you, To still your fears, That it is I that conquer the dark and the lonely night? My arms seem to wrap love about you, As your little heart fluttering at my breast 5 Throbs love through me... But, dear one, it is not your father: Other arms are about you, drawing you near, And your father near... Some day you shall lie alone at nights, 10 As now your father lies: And in those arms, as a leaf fallen on a tranquil stream, Drift into dreams and healing sleep. 209

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The Sea 2019 University of Nebraska–Lincoln Center for Digital Research in the Humanities
319 Love Library University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-4100 thanhloi.le89@gmail.com
2012

Copyright © 2019 by Thanhloi Le

The Sea; 1924 The Sea James Oppenheim March 1924 Alfred A. Knoff, INC. New York

Thanhloi Le Transcribed and encoded a poem THE LONELY CHILD Do you think, my boy, that when I put my arms around you, To still your fears, That it is I that conquer the dark and the lonely night? My arms seem to wrap love about you, As your little heart fluttering at my breast Throbs love through me... But, dear one, it is not your father: Other arms are about you, drawing you near, And your father near... Some day you shall lie alone at nights, As now your father lies: And in those arms, as a leaf fallen on a tranquil stream, Drift into dreams and healing sleep. 209