--Whittier, A Christmas Carmen.

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The Apple of His Eye.[25 S.A.]

"Bestows on her too parsimonious lord,
An infant for the apple of his eye."

--Browning, The Ring and the Book.

As a Little Child.[188 L.J.]

"Once said a Man--and wise was He--
Never shalt thou the heavens see,
Save as a little child thou be."

--Sidney Lanier, The Symphony.

As Ye Sow, so shall Ye Reap.[423 S.A.]

"Look before you ere you leap;
For as you sow y' are like to reap."