LYRA INNOCENTIUM: THOUGHTS IN VERSE ON CHRISTIAN CHILDREN, THEIR WAYS, AND THEIR PRIVILEGES. By John Hbl. "JESUS called a little child unto Him, and set him in the midst of them." NEW YORK: WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY ADVERTISEMENT. ACCORDING to the first idea of this little work, it would have proved a sort of Christian Year for Teachers and Nurses, and others who are much employed about Children. By degrees it has taken a different shape: but it was thought advisable in the Table of Contents, to mention in many instances, with the subject of the Poem, the Day to which it was meant to be adapted. ΤΟ ALL FRIENDLY READERS. There are, who love upon their knees In duteous care for quick and dead. And higher waft these earth-bound prayers. There are, who gazing on the stars But as with Angels' welcome bright. |