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LOVE THE CHILDREN—

Love the children,
Never doubt them.
Build a wall
Of love about them.
Love the children
And remember,
May is not like
Cold December.
Love the children,
Just as He did,
Who so nobly,
Humbly pleaded,
“Suffer them to
Come unto Me,
Forbid them not,”
Pleaded He.
But I've always
Loved the jewel,
Always the thought
That it was cruel
To effect their
Youthful beauty.
It has been a lifetime duty.
Love the children,
Never doubt them.
Build a wall of
Love about them.