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Poem by George MacDonald


Forgiveness


God gives his child upon his slate a sum-
To find eternity in hours and years;
With both sides covered, back the child doth come,
His dim eyes swollen with shed and unshed tears;
God smiles, wipes clean the upper side and nether,
And says, 'Now, dear, we'll do the sum together!' 



George MacDonald


George MacDonald's other poems:
  1. What the Lord Saith
  2. Song of the Waiting Dead
  3. Christmas Meditation
  4. Going to Sleep
  5. Born of Water


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