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Something divine about an Infant seems To them, who watch it in that holy light Of meaning, caught from these celestial words Of Christ—“Forbid them not, but let them come.” Fresh buds of being! beautiful as frail. Types of that kingdom which our souls profess To enter! Symbols of that docile love And meek compliancy of creed and mind, Which Heaven hath canonized, and for its own Acknowledged,—well may thoughtful hearts perceive A mystery, beyond mere nature’s law, Around them girdled like a moral zone.
Something divine about an Infant seems To them, who watch it in that holy light Of meaning, caught from these celestial words Of Christ—“Forbid them not, but let them come.” Fresh buds of being! beautiful as frail. Types of that kingdom which our souls profess To enter! Symbols of that docile love And meek compliancy of creed and mind, Which Heaven hath canonized, and for its own Acknowledged,—well may thoughtful hearts perceive A mystery, beyond mere nature’s law, Around them girdled like a moral zone.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- R. Montgomery (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 116 · printed citation: R. Montgomery · subject: CHILDHOOD—INFANCY
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