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Going Home:
GOING HOME :
A CHILDREN ' HOSPITAL EPISODE . BY HORACE WEIB . AWAY from the roar of the noisy old town They brought us a bairnie one night ; We tenderly , lovingly laid the boy down—So weak did he look , and so Avhite .
Each moment we thought little Rob would have died , As the surgeon his limb cut aAvay ; But he rallied , then opened his eyes , ancl he cried " I shall never be able to play . " We could not persuade him to look at his toys ; But he lay and he list to the chimes ,
Ancl the shouts in the street of the girls and the boys , Ancl the birds as they sang in the limes . To be patient and good the little boy tried , As he lay in his cot day by clay ; We nursed him Avith care , but we knew that the tide Of his life was fast ebbing away .
Of a picture that hung o ' er his head he caught sight , And divine was the lustre that shone From the face of our Lord , the sweet Fountain of Light . As he bless'd the wee bairns one hy one . ' Poor Robbie had heard of the Saviour of men ,
Though his years upon earth were but seven ; He remembered this text , and he quoted it then—¦ " For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven . " One night as the wild wind went shivering by , Like the sobbing of souls in deep pain , Rob saw me in tears , ancl he said , " Do not cry ; I shall go very soon home again .
" My mother is lost , and my father is dead , And if 1 am to die—I don ' t care : I saw a sweet angel last nig ht by my bed , Ancl she told me of Father—up there ! " She told me that I had grown better , not worse , And she bade me rejoice ancl be glad ;
And she asked me to give you her blessing , dear nurse , For the love you have shoAvn a poor lad . " ***** The call came at last , and Rob , patient and meek , ( On this earth never more will he roam )
With a smile on his face , ancl a tear on his cheek—Had p-one to his Father and Home . o s 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Going Home:
GOING HOME :
A CHILDREN ' HOSPITAL EPISODE . BY HORACE WEIB . AWAY from the roar of the noisy old town They brought us a bairnie one night ; We tenderly , lovingly laid the boy down—So weak did he look , and so Avhite .
Each moment we thought little Rob would have died , As the surgeon his limb cut aAvay ; But he rallied , then opened his eyes , ancl he cried " I shall never be able to play . " We could not persuade him to look at his toys ; But he lay and he list to the chimes ,
Ancl the shouts in the street of the girls and the boys , Ancl the birds as they sang in the limes . To be patient and good the little boy tried , As he lay in his cot day by clay ; We nursed him Avith care , but we knew that the tide Of his life was fast ebbing away .
Of a picture that hung o ' er his head he caught sight , And divine was the lustre that shone From the face of our Lord , the sweet Fountain of Light . As he bless'd the wee bairns one hy one . ' Poor Robbie had heard of the Saviour of men ,
Though his years upon earth were but seven ; He remembered this text , and he quoted it then—¦ " For of such is the Kingdom of Heaven . " One night as the wild wind went shivering by , Like the sobbing of souls in deep pain , Rob saw me in tears , ancl he said , " Do not cry ; I shall go very soon home again .
" My mother is lost , and my father is dead , And if 1 am to die—I don ' t care : I saw a sweet angel last nig ht by my bed , Ancl she told me of Father—up there ! " She told me that I had grown better , not worse , And she bade me rejoice ancl be glad ;
And she asked me to give you her blessing , dear nurse , For the love you have shoAvn a poor lad . " ***** The call came at last , and Rob , patient and meek , ( On this earth never more will he roam )
With a smile on his face , ancl a tear on his cheek—Had p-one to his Father and Home . o s 2