DAY AND NIGHT.
My little daughter, happy in the day, Called to caress me, coolly stays away : " I'm busy now, but in a. little while I'll come, mamma ;" and with a careless smile Contented plays— and I contented wait For her caresses, no lens sweet though late. My little daughter, waking in the night, Stretches her arms and cries in sudden fright: " Take me, mamma ! I want to come to you." Impatient tears fill the sweet eyes of blue If I delay to take her. Are not we— Children of larger growth— as slow to see The love and care of God in golden days t But when the clouds of grief obscure joy's rays, We, too, cry out to God, impatiently, " Take me, O father, take mo unto Thee! » —Kate Taylor-Robinson.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2113, 23 January 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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132DAY AND NIGHT. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2113, 23 January 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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