"Keep this for me." What child has not said this, And placed a treasure in his Mother's hand With strict injunction she should keep it safe Till he return? He knows with her it will be safe; No troubled thought or anxious fear besets his mind, And off he runs light-hearted to his play. If children can so trust, why cannot we, And place our treasures, too, in God's safe hand; Our hopes, ambitions, needs, and those we love, Just see them, in his all embracing care, And say with joyous heart, "They are with Thee." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE THROSTLE by ALFRED TENNYSON PRAYER OF COLUMBUS by WALT WHITMAN LAMENT OF AROMAITERAI by AROMAITERAI THE IRISH MOTHER IN THE PENAL DAYS by JOHN BANIM KEATS WAS AN UNBELIEVER by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE BANKS OF DEVON by ROBERT BURNS PRECIOUS STONES; AN INCIDENT IN MODERN HISTORY by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY |