Hymns for childhood on the works of nature, and other subjects : for the use of children (1840)
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne, 1793-1835 · Philadelphia : Henry F. Anners · leaf 22
ave the world of might,•Let there be Hght—and there ivas hght,Who bade thee chase the gloom of night, And beam, the world to bless; —For ever bright, for ever pure,Alone unchanging shall endure, The Sun of Righteousness ! 16 THE RIVERS. Go! trace th unnumbered streams, oer earthThat wind their… … ^mii lEii^igMo 17 Some calmly roll in golden sands, Where Africs deserts lie;Or spread, to clothe rejoicing lands With rich fertility. These bear the bark, whose stately sail Exulting seems to swell;While these, scarce rippled by a gale, Sleep in the lonely dell. Yet on, alike, though swift or…
Children's poetry, American
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