Songs and Ballads for The People By the Rev. John M. Neale |
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XV. | XV. The Churchwoman's Request, and Dissenter's
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XV. The Churchwoman's Request, and Dissenter's Answer.
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“Take all you wish for, soldiers!Take wealth and goods away;
But spare my precious baby
The food it wants to-day!
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“You have driv'n away my husbandFrom his children and his wife;
From his Church and from his parish,
And he leads a wanderer's life.
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“So I am now dividedFrom the husband whom I love;
And my children have no father,
But Him Who is above.
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“Take all you want, and welcome;But only leave behind
That vessel for my baby,
And I will call you kind.”
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Their hearts were hard as millstones,And they would not hear her prayer;
And they flung away the vessel,
And they left her in despair.
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But God was with His servantIn the hour of her distress;
And He comforted the widow,
And preserved the fatherless.
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This was the way DissentersUsed to serve true Churchmen then;
And perhaps, if they were able,
They might do the same again.
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