Poems and Essays

by Joseph Howe


 

WRITTEN IN A BIBLE.


    [Given to Georgina Osmond, daughter of my landlady in Sloane Street, London, for whom I was persuaded to stand Godfather in 1851.]

  When you can read, my Georgie dear,
    This Book I hope you’ll prize,
And then, though I should not be here,
You’ll learn to love, and duly fear,
    God—Father in the skies. [Page 136]
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