THE SUN CHILDREN

The poem The Sun Children from James Oppenheim's The Sea

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                <l>FAR from the sun over the ages and the spaces of the sky,</l>
                <l>We children have come...</l>
                <l>Far from the sun by strange spirals, and long traces and
                    <space/><lb/>struggles,</l>
                <l>When we lay a seed in the mud of a streaming Earth,</l>
                <l>When we swam in the waters of hushed creation,</l>
                <l>When we crawled out and dwelt on the land, in the grasses
                    <space/><lb/>and thickets,</l>
                <l>When we swung from the trees of the jungle,</l>
                <l>When at last we arose and stepped forth on the immense
                    <space/><lb/>pilgrimage of man...</l>
                <l>None may count even by millions the ages</l>
                <l>Since far from the sun</l>
                <l>And over the spaces and whirled in the skies,</l>
                <l>We children have come.</l>
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                <l>Whence, our yearning back,</l>
                <l>Our yearning for the sun that at dusk sinks into the womb
                    <space/><lb/>of the waters,</l>
                <l>And at morn is born from the bath of the eastern sea...</l>
                <l>Our yearning for the peace and stillness of the sky before the
                    <space/><lb/>Earth was conceived,</l>
                <l>Our yearning for the mother in the heavens and we but a flake
                    <space/><lb/>of her living fires.</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 bcarnell6@hotmail.com
2012

Copyright © 2019 by Bret Carnell

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

Bret Carnell Transcribed and encoded poems view page image(s) THE SUN-CHILDREN FAR from the sun over the ages and the spaces of the sky, We children have come... Far from the sun by strange spirals, and long traces and struggles, When we lay a seed in the mud of a streaming Earth, When we swam in the waters of hushed creation, 5 When we crawled out and dwelt on the land, in the grasses and thickets, When we swung from the trees of the jungle, When at last we arose and stepped forth on the immense pilgrimage of man... None may count even by millions the ages Since far from the sun 10 And over the spaces and whirled in the skies, We children have come. Whence, our yearning back, Our yearning for the sun that at dusk sinks into the womb of the waters, And at morn is born from the bath of the eastern sea... Our yearning for the peace and stillness of the sky before the Earth was conceived, Our yearning for the mother in the heavens and we but a flake of her living fires. 5 214

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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 bcarnell6@hotmail.com
2012

Copyright © 2019 by Bret Carnell

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

Bret Carnell Transcribed and encoded poems THE SUN-CHILDREN FAR from the sun over the ages and the spaces of the sky, We children have come... Far from the sun by strange spirals, and long traces and struggles, When we lay a seed in the mud of a streaming Earth, When we swam in the waters of hushed creation, When we crawled out and dwelt on the land, in the grasses and thickets, When we swung from the trees of the jungle, When at last we arose and stepped forth on the immense pilgrimage of man... None may count even by millions the ages Since far from the sun And over the spaces and whirled in the skies, We children have come. Whence, our yearning back, Our yearning for the sun that at dusk sinks into the womb of the waters, And at morn is born from the bath of the eastern sea... Our yearning for the peace and stillness of the sky before the Earth was conceived, Our yearning for the mother in the heavens and we but a flake of her living fires. 214