 | Poems by Miss H. F. Gould |  |
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THE INFANT ASTRONOMER.
What, my child! awake so soon?
And a tear about thine eye!
“Mother, oh! I want the moon
And stars; but they 're too high!
They are all so high.”
And a tear about thine eye!
“Mother, oh! I want the moon
And stars; but they 're too high!
They are all so high.”
Lose thine evening cradle sleep,
For the moon and starry beams?
“Yes—they wake me; or they keep
Around me in my dreams—
Twinkling through my dreams!
For the moon and starry beams?
“Yes—they wake me; or they keep
Around me in my dreams—
Twinkling through my dreams!
“What 's the path so snowy white,
Shining there as bright as day?”
That 's all paved with orbs of light:—
'T is called the Milky Way.
“Called the Milky Way?
Shining there as bright as day?”
That 's all paved with orbs of light:—
'T is called the Milky Way.
“Called the Milky Way?
“Is it by the angels trod?
Can I tread it when I die?
May I have for mine the God
Of all the starry sky—
All the shining sky?
Can I tread it when I die?
May I have for mine the God
Of all the starry sky—
All the shining sky?
“Mother, now I'll go to rest,
When I 've sung, and said my prayer.
Here 's the song I love the best—
‘Thy God is everywhere!—
God is everywhere.’
When I 've sung, and said my prayer.
Here 's the song I love the best—
‘Thy God is everywhere!—
God is everywhere.’
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“In the blue and beaming sky;
Through the land—upon the sea;
While his kind and sleepless eye
Is watching over me—
Never turned from me.”
Through the land—upon the sea;
While his kind and sleepless eye
Is watching over me—
Never turned from me.”
Sleep! and O, thou God above,
Keep this holy trust of mine
Under thy soft wing of love;
His Spirit light from thine!
Seal my child, as thine!
Keep this holy trust of mine
Under thy soft wing of love;
His Spirit light from thine!
Seal my child, as thine!
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