A PETITION.
My little grandson three years old Sleeps by my bedside nightly. Through the long hours of dark and cold. Dreaming, he slumbers lightly. He feels my love around him fold And in Its heart reposes, Upon his hair a gleam of gold, His cheeks like damask roses. Oft through the chill and silent night I stretch a hand caressing To draw the blanket warm and light About him with a blessing. In sleep he feels that so sweet, So lingering and tender, Turns his dear face my palm to meet With soft and glad surrender. O God of pity and of love. Have patience with our blindness; Thy hand is stretched our heads above Warm with thy watchful kindness. Give us this baby’s perfect faith! Whatever ills assail us. Help us to feel in life or death That thou wilt ne . jr fall us. —Celia Thaxter in Youth’s Companion.
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Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 219, 13 October 1893, Page 13 (Supplement)
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151A PETITION. Wairoa Bell, Volume V, Issue 219, 13 October 1893, Page 13 (Supplement)
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