Verses For A Little Child.
MY little body's made by God,
Of soft warm flesh and crimson blood;
The slender bones are placed within,
And over all is laid the skin.
My little body's very weak;
A fall or blow my bones might break;
The water soon might stop my breath,
The fire might close my eyes in death.
But God can keep me by his care;
To him I'll say this little prayer:
"0 God! from harm my body keep,
Both when I wake, and when I sleep."
YI