 | 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition |  |
THE HOUSEHOLD ANGEL, 1880.
God sent an angel, when my soul was sad
And torn with cruel and corroding fears,
To give me hope and wipe away my tears,
By making all my life complete and glad.
And torn with cruel and corroding fears,
To give me hope and wipe away my tears,
By making all my life complete and glad.
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No wondrous wings, no radiant robes she had,
But a sweet cry that echoed through the years
And turned to brightness what seemed dark or bad,
With helplessness that heart to heart endears.
But a sweet cry that echoed through the years
And turned to brightness what seemed dark or bad,
With helplessness that heart to heart endears.
God sent an angel from the gates of Day,
To guide my footsteps on the better way,
As from the ark went forth the gentle dove;
To guide my footsteps on the better way,
As from the ark went forth the gentle dove;
Her name and nature were the same as love,
And though He bade her out of mercy stay,
He gave her eyes that ever looked above.
And though He bade her out of mercy stay,
He gave her eyes that ever looked above.
| 'Twixt Kiss and Lip or Under the Sword. By the author of "Women Must Weep," [i.e. F. W. O. Ward] Third edition | |