THE ANSWERED PRAYER.
I knew a pair of brave, brown eyes,
So rich in life, so bright in glee,
That naught beneath God's radiant skies
Was dearer than their light to me:
Full of love and winning wild,
Blithe and gay and undefiled,
"Lord!" we prayed, "so keep our child!'
So rich in life, so bright in glee,
That naught beneath God's radiant skies
Was dearer than their light to me:
Full of love and winning wild,
Blithe and gay and undefiled,
"Lord!" we prayed, "so keep our child!'
I knew a pair of large, dark eyes
Soft smiling in a little face,
So sweetly sad, so gravely wise,
So full of childhood's pensive grace
As they drooped beneath our kiss:
"God!" we asked, "O grant him this,
Joy and peace and purest bliss!"
Soft smiling in a little face,
So sweetly sad, so gravely wise,
So full of childhood's pensive grace
As they drooped beneath our kiss:
"God!" we asked, "O grant him this,
Joy and peace and purest bliss!"
I knew a pair of clear blue eyes
So lately from the angels riven,
The light they brought from Paradise
Still lent a gleam to earth of heaven:
So lately from the angels riven,
The light they brought from Paradise
Still lent a gleam to earth of heaven:
