 But soon a nobler task demands her care ; Apart, she joins his little hands in prayer, Telling of Him who sees in secret there. And now the volume on her knee has caught His wandering eye—now many a written thought Never to die, with many a lisping...  THE EARLY LIFE OF SAMUEL ROGERS - Page 27by P.W. CLAYDEN - 1887Full view - About this book
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