THE CHANGELING I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. The North American Review - Page 443edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
 | James Russell Lowell - 1848 - 210 pages
...the sky The falcon Truth hangs poised for ever, And marks them with his vengeful eye. THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To...how others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair, For it was as wavy and golden, Ağd as many changes took, As the shadows of sun-gilt ripples On the... | |
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...pathetic or more full of touching simplicity than the following, for example, — ' THE CHANGELING. ' I had a little daughter, And she was given to me,...the Heavenly Father's knee ; That I, by the force of uature, Might, in some dim wise, divino The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of... | |
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...nameless grace and etherial fascination. "THE CHANGELING. I had a little daughter, And she was inven to mo To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, MU'ht in some dim wise divine The depths of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. I know... | |
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