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Poem by George MacDonald


A Father to a Mother


When God's own child came down to earth,
High heaven was very glad;
The angels sang for holy mirth;
Not God himself was sad!

Shall we, when ours goes homeward, fret?
Come, Hope, and wait on Sorrow!
The little one will not forget;
It's only till to-morrow!



George MacDonald


George MacDonald's other poems:
  1. General Gordon
  2. Russell Gurney
  3. The Chrysalis
  4. To A. J. Scott
  5. To One Threatened with Blindness


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