Standing forth on life's rough way, Father, guide them; O, we know not what ere long May betide them! 'Neath the shadow of thy wing, Father, hide them; Waking, sleeping, Lord, we pray, Go beside them. Chorus: Bless them now! Bless them now! Bless the children whom we love; Bless them now! Bless them now! Lead them to thyself above. When in prayer they cry to thee, Thou wilt hear them; From the stains of sin and shame Thou wilt clear them; 'Mid the quicksands and the rocks, Thou wilt steer them; In temptation, trial, grief, Be Thou near them. [Chorus] Unto Thee we give them up; Lord, receive them; In the world we know must be Much to grieve them; Many striving oft and strong To deceive them; Trustful, in thy hands of love We must leave them. [Chorus] | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A MOSQUITO by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE PITY OF THE LEAVES by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON IN THE VALLEY OF CAUTERETZ by ALFRED TENNYSON HE REMEMBERS FORGOTTEN BEAUTY by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS MORNING TWILIGHT by CHARLES BAUDELAIRE THE MODERN JUDAS by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE NOT YET by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |