 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 934 pages
...made me more manly and mild • And I know how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. I ask not a life for the dear ones, All radiant, as others...the sun ; I would pray God to guard them from evil, 1 But my prayer would bound back to myself ; Ah ! a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a sinner must... | |
 | 1876
...of a child 1 They are idols of hearts and of households ; They are angels of God in disguise ; I ask not a life for the dear ones, All radiant, as others...enough shadow To temper the glare of the sun ; I would pi-ay God to guard them from evil, But my prayer would bound back to myself; Ah ! a seraph may pray... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 950 pages
...made me more manly and mild ; And I know how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. I ask not a life for the dear ones, All radiant, as others...evil, But my prayer would bound back to myself ; Ah ! a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a sinner must pray for himself. The twig is so easily bended,... | |
 | John De Fraine - 1877 - 48 pages
...And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. I ask not a life for the dear one All radiant as others have done, But that life may...; I would pray God to guard them from evil, But my prayers would bound back to myself, Ah ! a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a shiner must pray for... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 285 pages
...me more manly and mild! And I know, now, how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. I ask not a life for the dear ones, All radiant, as others...shadow To temper the glare of the sun ; I would pray Q-od to guard them from evil, But my prayer would bound back to myself ; Ah ! a seraph may pray for... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 285 pages
...me more manly and mild I And I know, now, how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. I ask not a life for the dear ones, All radiant, as others...just enough shadow To temper the glare of the sun; t I would pray God to guard them from evil, But my prayer would bound back to myself ; Ah ! a seraph... | |
 | Albert Newton Raub - 1878 - 416 pages
...They have made me more manly and mild, And I know how Jesus could liken NORMAL FIFTH READER. 5. I ask not a life for the dear ones All radiant, as others...evil, But my prayer would bound back to myself; Ah ! a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a sinner must pray for himself. 6. The twig is so easily bended,... | |
 | John Andrew Jennings - 1878
...made me more manly and mild, And I know now how Jesus could liken The Kingdom of God to a child. I ask not a life for the dear ones All radiant, as others...from evil, But my prayer would bound back to myself ; Oh, a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a sinner must pray for himself. The twig is so easily bended,... | |
 | M. Josephine Warren - 1879 - 408 pages
...They have made me more manly and mild; And I know how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. But that life may have just enough shadow To temper...evil, But my prayer would bound back to myself; Ah ! a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a sinner must pray for himself. The twig is so easily bended,... | |
 | 1880 - 192 pages
...me more manly and mild, And I know now how Jesus could liken The kingdom of God to a child. 1 seek not a life for the dear ones All radiant, as others...evil, But my prayer would bound back to myself Ah ! a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a sinner must pray for himself. The twig is so easily bended,... | |
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I ask not a life for the dear ones, All radiant, as others have done, But that life may have just enough shadow, To temper the glare of the sun... 
