<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=115132" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>To a child</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I love to look on that eye of blue,<br> For tears have not yet worn a channel through;<br> And the few bright summers since thy birth,<br> Have left thee a stranger still on earth.<br> <br> A stranger -- and all, to thine untaught eyes,<br> Is bright with the hues of paradise.<br> The rapture of being thrills thy frame,<br> And sorrow thou know'st not even by name.<br> <br> Thy innocent thoughts, unswayed by art,<br> Gush from the depths of thy guileless heart;<br> Like a harp when the wandering breezes sigh,<br> Answering each touch with melody.<br> <br> I would, sweet one, I might wish for thee,<br> That a stranger thus thou shouldst ever be;<br> That time might not lift the enchanted veil,<br> Nor breathe in thine ear his mournful tale.<br> <br> But those who are bid to this feast of life,<br> Must drink the cup, -- must abide the strife: --<br> Then it were better to wish for thee,<br> Strength for the conflict, and victory.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anne+Lynch+Botta">Anne Lynch Botta</a> from <i>Poems</i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=115132" data-title="To a child de Anne Lynch Botta" data-description="I love to look on that eye of blue,/ For tears have not yet worn a channel through;/ And the few bright summers since thy birth,/ Have left thee a stranger still on earth./ / A stranger -- and all, to thine untaught eyes,/ Is bright with the hues ..."></div> </div> </div>

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