New Songs of Innocence (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from New Songs of Innocence

But when you are older grown, Shall I lose your love, my own? Will you look upon me then From the outer world of men? Will you blame me when you see Words and actions disagree?

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Excerpt from New Songs of Innocence

In pure white novice-garments drest,
She sleeps, my fairest one,
Hands folded on her baby breast -
A little praying nun.
Calm in her innocence she lies,
At peace with earth and heaven,
With neither woes to make her wise
Nor sins to be forgiven.

On guard beside my sleeping bliss,
I see as in a dream
The light of innocence like this
In countless chambers gleam.
I watch by many a happy hearth
The joys that children bring,
They put a girdle round the earth
Of everlasting Sprint!

O cherish children, high a low,
And love them, low and high!
New souls, within our care to grow,
The hostage of the sky -
Young angels, though their wings be furled
The hope that heavens lends
To cast a halo o'er the world
Their purity defends!

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.