A Nativity
"A Nativity" by Rudyard Kipling weaves the milestones of the Christian story — the manger, the Star, the Crucifixion, Easter morning — against the raw grief of a mother who has lost her child in unknown circumstances. With each biblical scene, her anguished refrain ("I know not where he is laid") deepens, until the poem's final turn, where faith quietly answers despair. The contrast between sacred certainty and a parent's private anguish gives the poem its piercing emotional force.
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