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"Songs by the Way"
The Poetical Writings of the Right Rev. George Washington Doane, D.D., LL.D.

Arranged and Edited by His Son, William Croswell Doane

New York: D. Appleton, 1860.

THE CHILD AT PRAYER.
A CAST FROM GREENOUGH.

CHILD that kneelest meekly there,
Pouring all thy soul in prayer,
Would that I might be like thee,
In unreserving piety!

Such as thou, did Jesus take,
Model for mankind, to make;
Such as thou, in guileless love,
Nursling of the Heavenly Dove.

Oh, that while on thee, I gaze,
I might learn thy blessed ways;
All thy confidence of heart,
All thine innocence of art!

Saviour, once Thyself a child,
Good and gentle, meek and mild,
Make me such as this to he;
Reproduce Thyself, in me!

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