Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3829/For the Children

by R. C. Lehmann

FOR THE CHILDREN.

[The Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street, where many Belgian children are now being cared for, is in very urgent need of funds to enable it to maintain its beneficent work. The Treasurer will gladly receive and acknowledge any subscriptions that may be sent.]

O generous hearts that freely give,
 Nor heed the lessening of your store,
So but our well-loved land may live,
 Much have you given—give once more!

For little children spent with toil,
 For little children worn with pain,
I ask a gift of healing oil—
 Say, shall I ask for it in vain?

For, since our days are filled with woe,
 And all the paths are dark and chill,
This thought may cheer us as we go,
 And bring us light and comfort still;

This, this may stay our faltering feet,
 And this our mournful minds beguile:—
We helped some little heart to beat
 And taught some little face to smile.
R. C. L

 

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