Little compliments of the season, and other tiny rhymes for tiny readers. Simple verses, original, selected and translated, for namedays, birthdays, Christmas, New Year, and other festive and social occasions (1887)
Donnelly, Eleanor C. (Eleanor Cecilia), 1838-1917. comp · New York [etc.] Benziger Brothers · leaf 126
side, How loving must thou be,To leave thy home in heaven to guard A little child like me. I cannot feel thee touch my handWith pressure light and mild, To check me, as my mother does,When Im a naughty child. But I have felt thee in my thoughts, Fighting with sin for me ;And when my heart loves… … Then love me, love me, Angel dear,And I will love thee more ; And help me when my soul is castUpon the eternal shore. —Fr. Faber. 122 OTHER TINY RHYMES FOR TINY READERS. Holy Communion. Can it be that my God Comes down from heaven? Makes my heart His abodeTo me is given? Yes, yes, within my breast…
Children's poetry · Poetry
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