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Date Posted: 11:30:38 02/10/01 Sat
Author: Anna
Subject: To all Parents

This is from an Unknown Author, but still thought you might enjoy it.

For All Parents

I'll lend you for a little time,
A child of mine, He said.
For you to love while
He lives, and to
mourn when he is dead.
It may be six or seven
Years, or twenty-
Two or three.
But will you, till I call
Him back, take
Care of him for me?
He'll bring his
Charms to gladden you
And shall his stay be brief,
You’ll have his lovely
Memories as solace
For your grief.
I cannot promise he
Will stay, since all
From earth return,
But there are lessons
Taught down
There I want this
Child to learn.
I've looked the wide
World over in my
Search for teachers true.
And from the throngs
That crowd lives
Lanes, I have selected you.
Now will you give him?
All your love, nor
Think the labor vain,
Nor hate me when I come to call,
To take him back again?
I fancied that I heard
Them say, Dear
Lord, Thy will be done.
For all the joy Thy
Child shall bring,
The risk of grief we’ll run.
We'll shelter him with
Tenderness, we'll
Love him while we may;
And for the happiness
We’ve known,
We’ll ever-grateful stay.
But shall the angels
Call for him much sooner than
We planned,
We’ll brave the bitter
Grief that comes,
And try to understand.
Trust in the Lord.

Author Unknown

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