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The Dying Child's Request

The Dying Child's Request

A little boy, laid sick and low,
Looked up with languid eye,
And spake as one who seemed to know
He now was called to die.

He said, " Dear mother, do not grieve
That I must leave you here ;
For you, and every friend I leave,
Will then be doubly dear.

" There's something tells me I must go
Where Christ prepares a home,
To which you all, left now below,
In little while shall come.

"To brother- -sister- -playmates too,
Some gift I'd leave behind,
To keep me, when I've passed from view,
Still present to their mind.

" You '11 thus to them my books divide,
My playthings give away
So they '11 remember how I died,
When not so old as they.

" Then from my money-box you 11 take
The little coins within,
To use as means, for Jesus' sake,
In turning souls from sin.

โ€œTwould make the heavenly hosts rejoice,
And sing to Jesus' name,
To hear some little heathen's voice
His saving love proclaim.

" My breath is faint- -I'm dark and chill;
Soft wings seem hovering nigh :
Come, all, and promise me, you still
Will love me, if I die.

"Oh, mother ! tell me- -what is this?
Your forms I cannot see !
Come, each, and warm me with a kiss ;
The angels bend for me !โ€

The morning sun shone in, to light
The chamber where he lay ;
The soul that made that form so bright,
To Heaven had passed away.

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