The Gift

God gave a little child
He gave this child to me;
The babe was made with love,
His soul was made by Thee.
His face a sunny blossom,
His body fair and bright,
The halo of his hair,
Was raven as the night.
This child is a part of me,
This gift of flesh divine,
And all the world was bright and new,
With this precious gift of mine.
Dear Father let me give you praise,
To share him with you all his days.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 7/5/2011 7:45:00 AM
Tremendous, thoroughly enjoyed your script . Bless up
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Date: 7/4/2011 4:09:00 PM
The love between a child and mum, is always great to see. love it, xo, Don
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Date: 7/3/2011 7:55:00 PM
WOW I love it. its touching full of emotion. MORE please
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Date: 7/3/2011 4:11:00 PM
written beautifully, Liz..great feeling and meaing, Rich
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Date: 7/3/2011 12:46:00 PM
oops, " to this page" ..:)
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Date: 7/3/2011 12:45:00 PM
what joy you bring on this page, elizabeth with such tender use of language... i bow to this! :) huggs, nette
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Date: 7/2/2011 8:45:00 AM
Your heart is really a heart of a real mother. Nice, bl
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Date: 7/1/2011 6:56:00 PM
Very cute poem here elizabeth.Enjoyed.
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Date: 7/1/2011 2:36:00 PM
What a tender loving poem - beautiful
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Date: 7/1/2011 1:58:00 PM
I hope you post this in your child's baby book so that it can be read time and time again as the child grows. Mike
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Date: 6/30/2011 5:56:00 AM
A lovely dedication. Children bring their own reward. They are a wonder and a joy...even if they can be hard work! An uplifting, heartfelt write. Love, Robert.
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Date: 6/29/2011 6:12:00 PM
Oh I do love this piece. A lovely gift of Thanksgiving and Praise for His goodness. Great job my friend. God Bless, JB
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Date: 6/29/2011 1:41:00 PM
Lovely!
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Date: 6/29/2011 1:02:00 PM
I positively enjoyed reading your wonderful poetry today Elizabeth. I hope to be back again tomorrow to read some more. Love, Carol
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Date: 6/29/2011 12:49:00 PM
I love this. I wrote one that is very similar. great pen. thank you for your comments on my work
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Date: 6/29/2011 8:12:00 AM
Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful, Elizabeth! :) My Mama is about to have her twelfth child (including 3 babies up in Heaven) and I love every child in our family! :)
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