"Keep this for me." What child has not said this, And placed a treasure in his Mother's hand With strict injunction she should keep it safe Till he return? He knows with her it will be safe; No troubled thought or anxious fear besets his mind, And off he runs light-hearted to his play. If children can so trust, why cannot we, And place our treasures, too, in God's safe hand; Our hopes, ambitions, needs, and those we love, Just see them, in his all embracing care, And say with joyous heart, "They are with Thee." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GEOMETRY IS THE MIND OF GOD by JAMES GALVIN THE JOBHOLDER by DAVID IGNATOW TRIFLE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A BIRTHDAY SONG by SIDNEY LANIER TO J. D. H. (KILLED AT SURREY C. H., OCTOBER, 1866) by SIDNEY LANIER SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: EPILOGUE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS |