Songs by the Way, by George Washington Doane (1860)

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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.

TO MY WIFE.
WITH AN ILLUSTRATED COPY, OF "THE BABES IN THE WOOD."

DEAR, when you and I were young,
How delightedly, we hung
     On this little story:
Still its simple beauty charms
Every age; the babe in arms,
     Maids, and matrons hoary.
This the lesson: truth and nature,
     Everywhere, alike prevail;
Love and beauty are immortal,
     Trust in God can never fail.

RIVERSIDE, EVE OF THE CIRCUMCISION, 1848.

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