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477.

[We wish our children rich and great]

Then were there brought unto Him little, &c. —xix. 13.

We wish our children rich and great,
Rather than good and wise,

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Yet wonder that they virtue hate,
And chase the paths of vice:
Our children in their earliest days
Would we to Christ commend,
His love would bless, support, embrace
And keep them to the end.