[Thou, then as now, no less wilt be my life, And I shall know it better than before, Praying and trusting, hoping, claiming more. From effort vain, sick foil, and bootless strife,]1 I shall, with childness fresh, look up to thee; Thou, seeing thy child with age encumbered sore, Wilt round him bend thine arm more carefully.
Childness fresh
Set by M. Ryan Taylor (b. 1972), "Childness fresh", 2003 [ voice and piano ], from Leafs from the Diary of an Old Soul, no. 4  [sung text checked 1 time]
Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.
Authorship:
- by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905), no title, appears in A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul, Entry for October Twentieth, first published 1880
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And when grim Death doth take me by the throat, Thou wilt have pity on thy handiwork; [Thou wilt not let him on my suffering gloat,]1 [But]2 draw my soul out -- gladder than [man or boy, When]1 thy saved creatures from the narrow ark [Rushed out, and]3 leaped and laughed and cried for joy, And the great rainbow strode across the dark.
Authorship:
- by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905), no title, appears in A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul, Entry for October 21, first published 1880
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2 Taylor: "and"
3 Taylor: "who rushing out"
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