 Behind it all is tenderness, And truthfulness and grace. I mean her well so earnestly, Unchanged in changing mood ; My life would go without a sigh To bring her something good. I also am a child, and I Am ignorant and weak ; I gaze upon the starry sky,...  Within and Without - Page 145by George MacDonald - 1872 - 219 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1878 - 300 pages
...knowledge. — Andrew Fuller. •poetic Selections. "I.IKE A LITTLE CHILD." MY child is lying on my knee ; The signs of heaven she reads ; My face is all the...heaven is in my face; Behind it all is tenderness And truthfulness and grace. I mean her well so earnestly, Unchanged in changing mood; My life would... | |
 | Religion - 1858 - 806 pages
...Most High, the scenes of an infinitely more degraded and disastrous traffic. — AJ MORHIH. pn. Mr child is lying on my knees, The signs of heaven she...bathed in bliss, If heaven is in my face; Behind it is all tenderness, And truthfulness and grace. I mean her well so earnestly, Unchanged in changing... | |
 | 1858 - 812 pages
...the Most High, the scenes of an infinitely more degraded and disastrous traffic. — AJ MORKIS. Mr child is lying on my knees, The signs of heaven she reads; Т Is all the heaven she needs. And she is well, yea, bathed in bliss, If heaven is in my face; Behind... | |
 | George MacDonald - Children's poetry, English - 1871 - 362 pages
...ripen love ; Till its intensity, like summer heat, Gathered a mist across her heaven of eyes, VOL. i. N Which grew until it dropt in large slow tears, Rich...heaven is in my face — Behind it all is tenderness, And truthfulness and grace. I mean her well so earnestly, Unchanged in changing mood ; My life would... | |
 | George MacDonald - Children's poetry, English - 1871 - 364 pages
...slow tears, Rich human rain on furrows of the heart ! [He walhs towards the window, seats hiinself at a little table, and writes. THE FATHER'S HYMN FOR...heaven is in my face — Behind it all is tenderness, And truthfulness and grace. I mean her well so earnestly, Unchanged in changing mood ; My life would... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - American poetry - 1874 - 200 pages
...I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care. JOHN G. WHITTIRR. HYMN FOR THE MOTHER. TV /TY child is lying on my knees ; •"•*- The signs of...bathed in bliss. If heaven is in my face, — Behind it is all tenderness And truthfulness and grace. I mean her well so earnestly, Unchanged in changing mood... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...mysel', A body's sel' 'a the sairest weicht, — 0 lassie, come ower the hill ! HYMN FOR THE MOTHER. MY child is lying on my knees ; The signs of heaven...in bliss, If heaven is in" my face, — Behind it is all tenderness And truthfulness and grace. I mean her well so earnestly, Unchanged in changing mood;... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...mysel', A body's sel' 'a the sairest weieht, — 0 lassie, come ower the hill ! HYMN FOR THE MOTHER. MY child is lying on my knees; The signs of heaven...she needs. And she is well, yea, bathed in bliss, I f heaven is in my face, — Behind it is all tenderness And truthfulness and grace. I moan her well... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...mysel', A body's sel' 'a the sairest weicht, — 0 lassie, come ower the hill ! HYMN FOR THE MOTHER. MY child is lying on my knees ; The signs of heaven...bathed in bliss, If heaven is in my face, — Behind it is all tenderness And truthfulness and grace. I mean her well so earnestly, Unchanged in changing mood... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - Universalism - 1880 - 340 pages
...of that wherein we are failing and sinning. And so we praise the consuming fire of life. (p. 354.) My child is lying on my knees; The signs of heaven...the heaven she sees, Is all the heaven she needs. I also am a child, and I Am ignorant and weak; I gaze upon the starry sky, And then I must not speak.... | |
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