 | Studies in verse (1865) |  |
“Merciful God, up with Thy saints in Heaven,
Who gavest me my children to my breast,
Beautiful baby faces, innocent:
Thine hours increased in strength their strengthless hands,
Which I have joined and made them hear me pray,
And take at least the attitude of prayer,
Till their young sense could for itself ask Heaven.
Who gavest me my children to my breast,
Beautiful baby faces, innocent:
Thine hours increased in strength their strengthless hands,
Which I have joined and made them hear me pray,
And take at least the attitude of prayer,
Till their young sense could for itself ask Heaven.
| Studies in verse (1865) | |