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Fresh flowers for my children (1842)

Gordon, Katharine Parker, Mother · Boston : Samuel G. Simpkins · leaf 16

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n,1 sighed to be lowly and gentle again.In such constant motion, and never at rest,I wept for the vale and the brook 1 loved best.Then the sun in his pity, drew me to the sky,And again has a cloud let me fall from on high,And here from this rose who received me in love,1 would wish in my happiness… … LOVE. «<^ My Father, what is Love ? said a fair child,As she looked in the face of him she thoughtCould tell her all thirtgs, tell me, what is Love ? * It is a principle, my child, that should be sought,And cherished in the heart, even as we cherish life.T is an unfailing guide to all thats…

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