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“Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of Heaven.” S. Mark x. 14.

The weary, weak, and leaning child,
Upon a parent's breast
Which lays, o'ercome with wanderings wild,
Its head, and is at rest:
Sole emblem such to young or old
Of all on earth we find,
Which angels may with joy behold,
Faith's meek reposing mind.