A CHILD'S PORTRAIT.
.' Her-face is hushed in perfccfc'calm, : ;• t.'"Her.' lips . half open hint' thoV psalm- ' ' The; angels - sing,' who', w'fcar God's palm vj f /i-vAnd in ; her ,eyes'a liquid light,'- : /', r'• With' somewhat of' a "starry, "sheen,- •, • '.'Comes welling ■ upward 'from'• the, white • And: vestal'soul: that throhsjwithih. /
■ A -golden tangle, in .her hair : .= -Tlipt;h6lds : the-sunlight (in 'its; snare;. ' And one;pure lily: she doth wear. -■ -In her/white robe : aiid.she'doth seem - A.-flower-like,creature,.whs/will fade, v If suns -strike down too rudo a beam, ■*" 'Or iwinds blow roughly-on her shade. . •'• ..:The'g6ldeh;iaddere of tfie^dawn'" :':\';.Meet'''at' her :fect; v wh'c.re'von:'the lawii.;:. ' She' stands,' in-' t«n"do'r' thought' withdra\vii: 'litttle wonder/would'-it' be,.', tf fon/thpse:'.'slantirig'..s'tairs-:shb' trod,.'/ ' Andwith one farewell smile toward mo.' ■ WerO'caught into the. smilo of God. •■ . ; . ' . -W. ,J. DAWSON. •
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 92, 11 January 1908, Page 11
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122A CHILD'S PORTRAIT. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 92, 11 January 1908, Page 11
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