 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
GOSPEL OF CHILDHOOD.
Two upturned orbs of dark and lustrous dew,
Two worlds of light that have no human guise,
Like clouds of glory set in solemn skies;
For ever shifting into shadows new;
Two worlds of light that have no human guise,
Like clouds of glory set in solemn skies;
For ever shifting into shadows new;
Such heavenly lessons are thy wondrous eyes,
With shimmering rays and sheen of varying hue,
Their fitful path of conquest to pursue,
While all the captive world before them lies.
With shimmering rays and sheen of varying hue,
Their fitful path of conquest to pursue,
While all the captive world before them lies.
More light I asked for in rebellion wild,
With brighter beams of sure and saving truth,
Till heaven, behold, on my petitions smil'd;
With brighter beams of sure and saving truth,
Till heaven, behold, on my petitions smil'd;
And giving ancient strains a tender youth,
It wrought amidst the gloom of ills uncouth,
A gospel in the glances of a child.
It wrought amidst the gloom of ills uncouth,
A gospel in the glances of a child.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |