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little white feet.
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O, little white feet that long ago
We laid to rest beneath the sod;
Little white feet beneath the snow,
Little white soul with God.
There, safe in His city, undefiled
God keeps the feet of my little child.

Little white feet! oh, where are they,
The feet you loved long years ago?
The years have come and passed away,
And the little feet have gone also.
Some in the paths of duty tread,
And others were better with the dead.
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O Thou, great Father infinite!
Hear a mother's cry to Thee,
Guide these little feet aright,
Let nothing soil their purity.