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BEYOND JORDAN
And they came to Him, mothers of Judah,
Dark eyed and in splendor of hair,
Bearing down over shoulders of beauty,
And bosoms half hidden, half bare;
Dark eyed and in splendor of hair,
Bearing down over shoulders of beauty,
And bosoms half hidden, half bare;
And they brought Him their babes and besought Him
Half kneeling, with suppliant air,
To bless the brown cherubs they brought Him,
With holy hands laid in their hair.
Half kneeling, with suppliant air,
To bless the brown cherubs they brought Him,
With holy hands laid in their hair.
Then reaching His hands He said, lowly,
“Of such is My Kingdom”; and then
Took the brown little babes in the holy
White hands of the Savior of men;
“Of such is My Kingdom”; and then
Took the brown little babes in the holy
White hands of the Savior of men;
Held them close to His heart and caress'd them,
Put His face down to theirs as in prayer,
Put their hands to His neck, and so bless'd them
With baby hands hid in His hair.
Put His face down to theirs as in prayer,
Put their hands to His neck, and so bless'd them
With baby hands hid in His hair.
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