<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416776" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Chant Of The Cross-Bearing Child</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I bear dis cross dis many a mile.<br>O de cross-bearin' chile--<br>De cross-bearin' chile!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I bear dis cross 'long many a road<br>Wha' de pink ain't bloom' an' de grass done mowed.<br>O de cross-bearin' chile--<br>De cross-bearin' chile!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hits on my conscience all dese days<br>Fo' ter bear de cross ut de good Lord lays<br>On my po' soul, an' ter lif my praise.<br>O de cross-bearin' chile--<br>De cross-bearin' chile!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I 's nigh-'bout weak ez I mos' kin be,<br>Yit de Marstah call an' He say,--'You 's free<br>Fo' ter 'cept dis cross, an' ter cringe yo' knee<br>To no n'er man in de worl' but me!'<br>O de cross-bearin' chile--<br>De cross-bearin' chile!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Says you guess wrong, ef I let you guess--<br>Says you 'spec' mo', an'-a you git less:--<br>Says you go eas', says you go wes',<br>An' whense you fine de road ut you like bes'<br>You betteh take ch'ice er any er de res'!<br>O de cross-bearin' chile--<br>De cross-bearin' chile!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He build my feet, an' He fix de signs<br>Dat de shoe hit pinch an' de shoe hit bines<br>Ef I on'y w'ah eights an-a wanter w'ah nines;<br>I hone fo' de rain, an' de sun hit shines,<br>An' whilse I hunt de sun, hits de rain I fines.--<br>O-a trim my lamp, an-a gyrd my lines!<br>O de cross-bearin' chile--<br>De cross-bearin' chile!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I wade de wet, an' I walk de dry:<br>I done tromp long, an' I done clim high;<br>An' I pilgrim on ter de jasper sky,<br>An' I taken de resk fo' ter cas' my eye<br>Wha' de Gate swing wide an' de Lord draw nigh,<br>An' de Trump hit blow, an' I hear de cry,--<br>'You lay dat cross down by an' by!--<br>O de Cross-bearin' Chile--<br>Do Cross-bearin' Chile!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Whitcomb+Riley">James Whitcomb Riley</a><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=416776" data-title="The Chant Of The Cross-Bearing Child de James Whitcomb Riley" data-description="I bear dis cross dis many a mile. O de cross-bearin' chile-- De cross-bearin' chile! I bear dis cross 'long many a road Wha' de pink ain't bloom' an' de grass done mowed. O de cross-bearin' chile-- De cross-bearin' chile! Hits on my conscience a..."></div> </div> </div>

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