Page 86 - Third Book of Reading Lessons

READING LESSONS. 85
Yet may we reach thy shrine :
For he, thy Son and Saviour, vows To crown all lowly, lofty brows
With love and joy like thine.
4. Bless'd is the womb that bore Him! bless'd The bosom where his lips were press'd,
And blessed too are they
Who hear his word and keep it well,
The living homes where Christ shall dwell, And never pass away.
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PROV ENCE.
As a nd mother her young group beholds,
And with a burning heart above them bends; One kisses on the brow-.one to her bosom lds,
1Vhilst one enclasps her knee, one om her ot depends;
And to their looks, sighs, attitudes, attends, hatever wants or wishes they un ld,
To this a glance, to that a gift extends; And smiles or owns, but never waxes cold.
Thus watcheth Providence with sleepless eyes, And com rts one, and one with hope implants,
And lists to all, and aid to all supplies;
Or should she seem insensate to our wants, Because unask'd, the boon one denies,
Or igns denial-and denying grants.
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