444. The Holy Child

By cool Siloam’s shady rill
How sweet the lily grows!
How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
Of Sharon’s dewy rose!

Lo, such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod;
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God!

O Thou who giv’st us life and breath,
We seek Thy grace alone,
In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still Thine own!

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First Line: By cool Siloam's shady rill
Title: The Holy Child
Author: Heber
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1866
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