Not worthless all, though far and long
From home estranged, and guided wrong;
Yet may its depths by heaven be stirr’d,
Its prayer for thee be pour’d and heard!
THE CHILD’S RETURN FROM THE WOODLANDS.
SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE’S.
“All good and guiltless as thou art,
Some transient griefs will touch thy heart—
Griefs that along thy alter’d face
Will breathe a more subduing grace,