Hymns and Poems Original and Translated: By Edward Caswall ... Second Edition |
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L. THE TWO MOTHERS.
‘My husband's second wife am I,—
The first had early died;
Two little ones she left behind;
And I her place supplied.
The first had early died;
Two little ones she left behind;
And I her place supplied.
‘But they, when first they saw my face,
By strange ideas misled,
Me for their own dear mother took,
And thus the elder said:—
By strange ideas misled,
Me for their own dear mother took,
And thus the elder said:—
“O mother, mother, up in Heaven,
How long you've been away!
But now that you've come back at last,
We hope you've come to stay.”
How long you've been away!
But now that you've come back at last,
We hope you've come to stay.”
‘Then with a tear, I thus replied,
Kissing the little brow,
“My child, I am not her—you have
Another mother now.
Kissing the little brow,
“My child, I am not her—you have
Another mother now.
“O happy things! to whom the Lord
Has two fond mothers given;
One to be theirs on earth, and one
To pray for them in Heaven!”’
Has two fond mothers given;
One to be theirs on earth, and one
To pray for them in Heaven!”’
Such was the tale that once we heard
Beneath Helvetia's sky;—
A lady of Geneva's sect,
Geneva's creed bely!
Beneath Helvetia's sky;—
A lady of Geneva's sect,
Geneva's creed bely!
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O Nature, Nature! thou art strong;
False creeds their work may do;
But Truth and thou, I think, ere long
Will break an entrance through.
False creeds their work may do;
But Truth and thou, I think, ere long
Will break an entrance through.
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