Poems (Taggart)/Verses for Children

by Cynthia Taggart

VERSES FOR CHILDREN.

For Maria Rogers.

Now young life cheers my raptured eye,
 May I the transient time improve,
And seek beyond the glowing sky
 A mansion of eternal love.

For Ann Elizabeth Rogers.

The earth, outspread in beauty fair,
 I love delightingly to see,
And learn my Heavenly Father's care
 Of every opening flower and me,

For Amarintha Rogers.

My little heart with joy beats high,
 And all my infant powers expand,
O may my soul obedient be,
 And answer all my God's demand:

or this.

From joy to joy my spirits fly,
 And every earthly beauty charms;
But may I live beyond the sky,
 Encircled in my Saviour's arms.

For Martha and Sarah Rogers, Twin Infants.

Our little joys, by smiles expressed,
 Are all our souls can now convey,
While in our cradle soft we rest,
 Or on our parent's bosom play;

Are all,—except the flowing tears
 That from these eyes contrasted fall,
Where transient pleasure oft appears,
 And tender grief, when pains appal.

But may the sovereign God on high
 Expand our infant minds, and give
His Holy Spirit from the sky,
 To guide us in his fear to live.

And may our parents early teach
 Our little tongues to lisp his praise;
And may our infant hearts beseech
 His pitying love and pardoning grace.

And may these mental powers receive
 The Spirit that our Saviour gave;
Be in his righteousness arrayed,
 And live with him beyond the grave.

And if the paths of life we trace,
 And more mature our spirits grow,
May we still keep his holy ways,
 And bless him in his courts below.