Tag Archive for: child’s
A Child’s First Grief
Love and RomanceA Child's First Grief
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O, call my brother back to me!
I can not play alone:
The summer comes with flower and bee---
Where is my brother gone?
The flowers run wild, the flowers we sowed
Around our garden tree;
Our vine is drooping with its…
A Child’s Prayer
Family and RelationshipsA Child's Prayer
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Father, while I pray to Thee,
May Thy love descend on me;
I am but a little child,
Make me strong and pure and mild;
Pardon every wrong I do,
Help me love the good and true;
From Thee comes my dally food,
Loving…
The Country Child’s Good-Night
Childhood and InnocenceThe Country Child's Good-Night
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Good-Night Good-night, dear hills!
So still you lie
Against the bosom of the sky,
I know you must be fast asleep,
And all night long the stars will ke
Their tender watches over you,
So must I soon be…
The City Child’s Good-Night
Childhood and InnocenceThe City Child's Good-Night
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Good-night, dear, noisy, happy street! -
The clanging bells and hurried feet,
When I am safely tucked in bed
And all the day-time thoughts are fled;
Are just like music to my ears,
And drive away the night-time…
The City Child’s Good-Night
Childhood and InnocenceThe City Child's Good-Night
1471
Good-night, dear, noisy, happy street!
'The clanging bells and hurried feet,
When I am safely tucked in bed
And all the day-time thoughts are flee
Are just like music to my ears
And drive away the night-time…