 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
 | Excelsior poetry book - 1880 - 234 pages
...gone ; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done. —Mrs. Htmans. THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backwards To the heavenly Father's knee ; That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine... | |
 | Mrs. C. D. Field - 1881 - 232 pages
...bad, And Katharine, she's your mother, and Thomas Smith's your dad. — Will Carleton. THE CHANGELING. I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To...knee. That I by the force of nature Might in some dim way divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. I know not how others saw... | |
 | Ferguson - 1881 - 386 pages
...dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar ? Sir Walter Scott, THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me,...lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee ; 80 THE CHANGELING. That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of His... | |
 | William Walters - 1883 - 208 pages
...and preachers of things in the heavens. What truth and beauty are expressed in the lines of LOWELL ! "I had a little daughter, and she was given to me,...Father's knee ; That I, by the force of nature, might in somewise divine The depth of His infinite patience to this wayward soul of mine." Children are messengers... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - 1884 - 486 pages
...hiding-place in the innermost chambers of every human heart?" — Jf. A. Bevietc. Lowell's The Changeling.* I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me genlly backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That. I. by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1885 - 942 pages
...poem, and we are unwilling to take the responsibility of saying which is unworthy of the rest : — I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To...force of Nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depths of His infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. I know not how others saw her, But to... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1885 - 484 pages
...nearly spent, One gush of light these eyes will brim, Only to think she came and went THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To...gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That 1, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this... | |
 | 1885 - 850 pages
...the poem, and we are unwilling to take the responsibility of saying which is unworthy of the rest. I had a little daughter. And she was given to me To lead me gently hackward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of Xature, Might in some dim wise divine... | |
 | 1886 - 208 pages
...God. His Christ was buried — and !jves alway ; Trust him and go your way. DM Mulock-Craik. JTl)r I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To...patience To this wayward soul of mine. I know not hoiv others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of the heaven she came from Still... | |
 | Christopher Rhodes Eliot - 1886 - 302 pages
...God. His Christ was buried — and lives alway ; Trust him and go your way DM Mulock-Craik. «Ti)c I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To...gently backward To the heavenly Father's knee, That 1 by the force of nature, Might, in some dim wise, divine The depth of his infinite patience To this... | |
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