Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge with other tales, representing life as it is and intended to show what it should be |
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THE MOTHER'S OFFERING. |
 | Mr. and Mrs. Woodbridge |  |
THE MOTHER'S OFFERING.
BY MISS A. D. WOODBRIDGE.
I
Hannah, to Shiloh, brought her child,
The beautiful, the pure;
The weary way he had beguil'd
With many an artless lure,
Yet now she nerv'd herself to part —
Ah! woman's strength is in her heart.
II
Once and again she fondly press'd
Her own, her cherish'd one;
With tearful eye, the babe she bless'd,
And then she felt 'twas done!
He was the Lord's! an off'ring fair,
The mother joy'd to leave him there.
Hannah, to Shiloh, brought her child,
The beautiful, the pure;
The weary way he had beguil'd
With many an artless lure,
Yet now she nerv'd herself to part —
Ah! woman's strength is in her heart.
II
Once and again she fondly press'd
Her own, her cherish'd one;
With tearful eye, the babe she bless'd,
And then she felt 'twas done!
He was the Lord's! an off'ring fair,
The mother joy'd to leave him there.
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