So dying-like and frail, That every bitter gale Of winter seemed to blow Only to lay her low! She lived to show how He, Who stills the stormy sea, Can overrule the winter's power, And keep alive the tiniest flower-- Can bear the young lamb in his arms And shelter it from death's alarms.
Bonar, Andrew A. (Andrew Alexander), 1810-1892 • SECTION 16
SHE LIVED--
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