Love
I saw a stable, low and very bare
From Poems (1908)
Love
I saw a stable, low and very bare,
A little child in a manger.
The oxen knew Him, had Him in their care.
To men He was a stranger.
The safety of the world was lying there,
And the world's danger.
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MLA
Coleridge, Mary E. “I saw a stable, low and very bare.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/79/.
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Coleridge, Mary E. “I saw a stable, low and very bare.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/79/.
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