JOSEPH VISITS HIS FATHER.
When Joseph knew his pious father lay
On his sick bed, to him he hastes away,
Joseph he brought Manasseh and Ephraim,
Placed them before his father’s eyes now dim,
At sight of them, cries Jacob, “Who are these?”
“My sons,” says Joseph, “from between my knees.”
When near, he kissed them, and with sweet embrace