BEAUTIFUL CHILD.

Marlborough Express, Volume V, Issue 242, 30 July 1870, Page 6

BEAUTIFUL CHILD.

Beautiful child by thy mother’s knee, In the mystic future what will thou be ? A demon of sin, or an angel sublime— A poison Upas, or innocent thyme— A spirit of evil flashing down With the lurid light of a fiery crown— Or gliding up with a shining track, Like the morning star that ne’er looks back. Daintiest dreamer that ever smiled, Which wilt thou be, my beautiful child ? , Beautiful child in my garden bowers, I ‘.' f Friend of the butterflies, birds, aud flower ;n Pure as the sparkling crystalline stream, s?c . Jewels of truth in thy fairy eyes beam, c, ~ Was there ever a whiter soul than thin > Worshipped by love in a mortal shrine ‘ My heart thou hast gladdened for two s 'pet years With rainbows of hope through mists qy tears — Mists beyond which thy sunnjaSmile, r With its halo of glory beams all the v le. Beautiful child to thy look is given A gleam serene—not of earth, but of heaven ; With thy tell-tale eyes and prattling tongue, Would thou could’st ever thus be young, Like the liquid strain of the mocking bird, From stair to hall thy voice is heard ; How oft in the garden nooks thou’rt found, With flowers thy curly head around, And kneeling Beside me with figure so quaint, Oh ! who would not dote on my infant saint! Beautiful child, what thy fate shall be. Perchance, is wisely hidden from me ; A fallen star thou may’st leave my side. And of sorrow and shame become the bride— Shivering, quivering, through the cold street, With a curse behind and before thy feet, Ashamed to live, and afraid to die; No home, no friend, and a pitiless sky. Merciful Father—my brain grows wild—--0 keep from evil my beautiful child. Beautiful child, mayest thou soar above, A warbling cherub of joy and love ;• A drop on eternity’s mighty sea, A blossom on life’s immortal tree— Floating, flowering evermore, In the blessed light of the golden shore. And as I gaze on thy sinless bloom And thy radiant face, they dispel my gloom ; 1 feel He will keep the undefiled, And His love protect my beautiful child.