Nellie's prayer

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Its a
month te day
since they
brought me

he news of my
darling’s
doa
| few
wade ih
meant
when the
neighbours : ue
Whispered under their breath,
Awd one good motherly creature ,
Seeing my iNeleat play,
Stooped down, with her eyelids streaming, ,
And kissed Ker and turned away.

Cag od
Be





Ne
Poe 8 wife,
We Oe,
Flad bravely given his life
That out on the field of battle,
Under the far-off skies,
Fle had thought of his absent dear ones
With the film of death on his eyes.

7










lh jae tee
tee eyenine
| paber,
i eee
was among
the dead_

WG

won a

_gloricus
battle i



ee
enemy,
beaten, fled.

ee they

counted the dead and

: Wounded.

Aad found Le among
7 the slain, :
O Get i. tk
when we parled

We ere Gace





meet again |



I Sodas believe the story
| couldn't believe that he,

i darling.





my soldier

husband
Mould never

COME back

To mE.

thought of
him night
and morning ;
| had passed long nights on my lene es
Praying that God would bring Kim
Back fo me Over the seas.





be
Peon ele te bd
AS 4b played
Wien the regiment marched
to the sfation,
ed the ee ae fe
. beople made |
Xe they shouted Gecd ee Woo tine soldiers
Deo e a ee
Wile on

WE lked by line side

In Tears @



RTI Ty
SAVE

Wie Wwalleed by
his side
that morning,

And INAbe

Was quile



elate
With the
bead and
the crowd
and the
cheering -
My Nellie
was only

eight.







he never thought of
the danger,

ble Lad Tried to
make her gay,
And tle be, tc
take care of
: monte.
Fle wouldn't

be long










eee ge

ge thee ee up at tye station,
lifes We i Ge
And then, with ee arms flung

round him ,:

Said to her, softly, This:





EN

lee my bet, al bed time.

Whe. you bee! al your rots nee
de pray To the Ciod who loves. us

bh

> a wee prayer for me.
ee ak of yeu in the techent,
le te oe at bce
Pee 1 ee you kaccling

With your blue eye full of love ,
Bee en fo Tee

And if, as the good folks say,
Ged bee ee eye Of the: Ade

»

Me | guard me while bee away.

?

?





Feu oiacd me, and bring me safely
Bock little iNew 1o Jou

‘Thee. many a danger, darl Ing ,
A el have To Ke lp NG through.”

A Te child looked up at her father,
he tears in her pretty eyes

)

Te was something of Share in her manner—
Something of aad SUPP rise |

YG needn lt asked Ve, daddy,
; alveys do that) lo 24.
Det | pray oe you and for mammy
At night when | g0 to bed ?
od loves the little chil dren,
: “And ‘answers their prayers , they say ,
Pe cure fal Vou llccn ba 8 ve

oe

Lit ask In my prayers. that you may.



lifs only a monn since they Steet’.
We thought when the regiment went
That long ere the troops were landed

The force of the war would be spent.
Aad SO | fad deen

And locked ogg Ma
the bright : a
side firsk,
dhouck Now

and again

[ fretted,









NG



Tey ee le A
Took her away fora while,
Hoe eeu | Rear
her prattle,
BA dg watch her
eager Srile.
We
the days all
daddy
a Wecld be
scl Gon
Uthe foreign










elore«
Flee gould
| fell my

darling

She would see his face no more?

To left alone with my sorrow-
Alone In my little room,
Were the evening shadows deepened
Into the twilight gloom.
D pesrd the crc they uttered ,
[ had seen his name on the list,
But | sat and peered through the darkness
Ae a sailor peers through the mist.



[
qi

Sa like Ss sleeper doubting

If She dresme om i wide awake ,
A five ines came on me fiercely ;
Poxd | hough thet head wold Decal.
es [ sal in: the deepening gloaming
the eld came back again ,
Aaa I picked her up and kissed her
While my Tears ran down like rain.
Why are you crying

i mammy ?-
lot |
2 head.
les nothing, Rll.
zs t whispered,
Kage mye, cana
83e to be
: lee fre Say.

my prayers 5

PSS eae
Will you ear
me sa

Them no a

oie prayed

for her absent
father,

| listened, but |

Ged now ow:






prayed
to the.
ord fo
bring Nine
Safe and
sound and
well,

Dack from
the far-off

counlry

abe mother
and little Nell.

Prayed that,
with her
father
lying



Je that far-off country dead |
Now. Fathers safe till fot morrow,
Se whispered , and went fo bed.



lee eee.
5 night after night
Ele prayed,

Just as she promised
her father
Whew the last good -bye
he bade.
But the prayer Was
a cruel dagser
‘To me as est and heard,
Bc my heart was
stabbed to bleeding
Wirk every childish word.



eh

DO TS Weary Bont went over,

Till at last my nerves gave way,
And ak her to stop one evening ,
ae she came To my knee :
to bray.
My brain was furned

with sorrow,



| WAS wicked, and
weak and wild
[eo speak as Lele
that EVENING ,
Aad shock the faith
of a child.



ke Keard What lesaid. hen sobbing,
Broke from my knee and fled

Wp to ber poem. and | eae
ee eling beside her bed



he prayed in her oldie Fania.
Dart her Words Were choked with tears _
| had told Wert woe ft always

Gad the Prayer of the children hears.



Oe prayed that her absent father

Might come back safe and well,

on the perils
of war and
battle,

Veo

little Nell.










Neg
ere (everâ„¢
her prayerâ„¢
Was finished,
Vive door was

opened wide , x aio

Ae my darling rushed towards me
My darling: who had. died !



I
gave

one cry




and
fainted ;

A Nell ran
down alt. the’

y cry:
They said God
We tulclin ce hear
AI. Ne 5
Slop
by_and _by.
Wik 4h,

of su rp rise
WaS OVEer

We Rew what the miracle meant ,
|here’d been a mistake in. the bodies,
nd the news to the wrong wife senl.







[ere Were tc ef he kine i he eet
: The Siikee Wee Milled “and when
It came lo making the list out
IA Groner ike

Yet [ think as 1 clasp my darling,

Weala fe ctl be Bere to-day
ee ee IN le
“CG listens when children pray.
























aaah Sr Cn ee ae





The Baldwin Library


ao

est








RapHaenucx & DONS

%
LONDON, Paris & New Yor.

¢
Designed at the london Studios
and printed at the Fine Art Works in Germany.

COPYRIGHT








Its a
month te day
since they
brought me

he news of my
darling’s
doa
| few
wade ih
meant
when the
neighbours : ue
Whispered under their breath,
Awd one good motherly creature ,
Seeing my iNeleat play,
Stooped down, with her eyelids streaming, ,
And kissed Ker and turned away.

Cag od
Be


Ne
Poe 8 wife,
We Oe,
Flad bravely given his life
That out on the field of battle,
Under the far-off skies,
Fle had thought of his absent dear ones
With the film of death on his eyes.

7




lh jae tee
tee eyenine
| paber,
i eee
was among
the dead_

WG

won a

_gloricus
battle i



ee
enemy,
beaten, fled.

ee they

counted the dead and

: Wounded.

Aad found Le among
7 the slain, :
O Get i. tk
when we parled

We ere Gace





meet again |
I Sodas believe the story
| couldn't believe that he,

i darling.





my soldier

husband
Mould never

COME back

To mE.

thought of
him night
and morning ;
| had passed long nights on my lene es
Praying that God would bring Kim
Back fo me Over the seas.


be
Peon ele te bd
AS 4b played
Wien the regiment marched
to the sfation,
ed the ee ae fe
. beople made |
Xe they shouted Gecd ee Woo tine soldiers
Deo e a ee
Wile on

WE lked by line side

In Tears @



RTI Ty
SAVE

Wie Wwalleed by
his side
that morning,

And INAbe

Was quile



elate
With the
bead and
the crowd
and the
cheering -
My Nellie
was only

eight.

he never thought of
the danger,

ble Lad Tried to
make her gay,
And tle be, tc
take care of
: monte.
Fle wouldn't

be long










eee ge

ge thee ee up at tye station,
lifes We i Ge
And then, with ee arms flung

round him ,:

Said to her, softly, This:


EN

lee my bet, al bed time.

Whe. you bee! al your rots nee
de pray To the Ciod who loves. us

bh

> a wee prayer for me.
ee ak of yeu in the techent,
le te oe at bce
Pee 1 ee you kaccling

With your blue eye full of love ,
Bee en fo Tee

And if, as the good folks say,
Ged bee ee eye Of the: Ade

»

Me | guard me while bee away.

?

?


Feu oiacd me, and bring me safely
Bock little iNew 1o Jou

‘Thee. many a danger, darl Ing ,
A el have To Ke lp NG through.”

A Te child looked up at her father,
he tears in her pretty eyes

)

Te was something of Share in her manner—
Something of aad SUPP rise |

YG needn lt asked Ve, daddy,
; alveys do that) lo 24.
Det | pray oe you and for mammy
At night when | g0 to bed ?
od loves the little chil dren,
: “And ‘answers their prayers , they say ,
Pe cure fal Vou llccn ba 8 ve

oe

Lit ask In my prayers. that you may.
lifs only a monn since they Steet’.
We thought when the regiment went
That long ere the troops were landed

The force of the war would be spent.
Aad SO | fad deen

And locked ogg Ma
the bright : a
side firsk,
dhouck Now

and again

[ fretted,









NG
Tey ee le A
Took her away fora while,
Hoe eeu | Rear
her prattle,
BA dg watch her
eager Srile.
We
the days all
daddy
a Wecld be
scl Gon
Uthe foreign










elore«
Flee gould
| fell my

darling

She would see his face no more?

To left alone with my sorrow-
Alone In my little room,
Were the evening shadows deepened
Into the twilight gloom.
D pesrd the crc they uttered ,
[ had seen his name on the list,
But | sat and peered through the darkness
Ae a sailor peers through the mist.
[
qi

Sa like Ss sleeper doubting

If She dresme om i wide awake ,
A five ines came on me fiercely ;
Poxd | hough thet head wold Decal.
es [ sal in: the deepening gloaming
the eld came back again ,
Aaa I picked her up and kissed her
While my Tears ran down like rain.
Why are you crying

i mammy ?-
lot |
2 head.
les nothing, Rll.
zs t whispered,
Kage mye, cana
83e to be
: lee fre Say.

my prayers 5

PSS eae
Will you ear
me sa

Them no a

oie prayed

for her absent
father,

| listened, but |

Ged now ow:



prayed
to the.
ord fo
bring Nine
Safe and
sound and
well,

Dack from
the far-off

counlry

abe mother
and little Nell.

Prayed that,
with her
father
lying



Je that far-off country dead |
Now. Fathers safe till fot morrow,
Se whispered , and went fo bed.
lee eee.
5 night after night
Ele prayed,

Just as she promised
her father
Whew the last good -bye
he bade.
But the prayer Was
a cruel dagser
‘To me as est and heard,
Bc my heart was
stabbed to bleeding
Wirk every childish word.



eh

DO TS Weary Bont went over,

Till at last my nerves gave way,
And ak her to stop one evening ,
ae she came To my knee :
to bray.
My brain was furned

with sorrow,



| WAS wicked, and
weak and wild
[eo speak as Lele
that EVENING ,
Aad shock the faith
of a child.
ke Keard What lesaid. hen sobbing,
Broke from my knee and fled

Wp to ber poem. and | eae
ee eling beside her bed



he prayed in her oldie Fania.
Dart her Words Were choked with tears _
| had told Wert woe ft always

Gad the Prayer of the children hears.
Oe prayed that her absent father

Might come back safe and well,

on the perils
of war and
battle,

Veo

little Nell.










Neg
ere (everâ„¢
her prayerâ„¢
Was finished,
Vive door was

opened wide , x aio

Ae my darling rushed towards me
My darling: who had. died !
I
gave

one cry




and
fainted ;

A Nell ran
down alt. the’

y cry:
They said God
We tulclin ce hear
AI. Ne 5
Slop
by_and _by.
Wik 4h,

of su rp rise
WaS OVEer

We Rew what the miracle meant ,
|here’d been a mistake in. the bodies,
nd the news to the wrong wife senl.




[ere Were tc ef he kine i he eet
: The Siikee Wee Milled “and when
It came lo making the list out
IA Groner ike

Yet [ think as 1 clasp my darling,

Weala fe ctl be Bere to-day
ee ee IN le
“CG listens when children pray.