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VII.
“Nil dictu fœdum visuve hæc limina tangat
Intra quæ puer est .”
Juv. Sat. xiv. 44.
Intra quæ puer est .”
Juv. Sat. xiv. 44.
O unseen Angels guard around,—
For nothing earthly can be found
To keep and shelter undefil'd
'Mid toils of youth a guileless child.
For nothing earthly can be found
To keep and shelter undefil'd
'Mid toils of youth a guileless child.
'Mid heathen haunts O keep his soul
From every vision dark and foul;—
Thou only canst, all-saving Name,
Walk with Thy children in the flame.
From every vision dark and foul;—
Thou only canst, all-saving Name,
Walk with Thy children in the flame.
“Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe
in Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged
about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the
sea.”
S. Mat. xviii. 6.
A father would his son should be
Swallowed in the unfathom'd sea
Rather than harbour thoughts unclean,
As they who walk this worldly scene.
Swallowed in the unfathom'd sea
Rather than harbour thoughts unclean,
As they who walk this worldly scene.
Or, if by passing from this sphere
He might to Christ be brought more near,
Then would he die to keep him pure,
If father's love might that secure.
He might to Christ be brought more near,
Then would he die to keep him pure,
If father's love might that secure.
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