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GOD’S LENT CHILD

I'LL LEND YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE
A CHILD OF MINE, GOD SAID
FOR YOU TO LOVE THE WHILE SHE LIVES
AND MOURN FOR WHEN SHE'S DEAD.

IT MAY BE SIX OR SEVEN YEARS
OR FORTY-TWO OR THREE.
BUT, WILL YOU, TIL I CALL HER BACK,
TAKE CARE OF HER FOR ME?

SHE'LL BRING HER CHARMS TO GLADDEN YOU
AND...SHOULD HER STAY BE BRIEF...
YOU'LL HAVE HER LOVELY MEMORIES
AS A SOLACE FOR YOUR GRIEF.

I CANNOT PROMISE SHE WILL STAY,
SINCE ALL FOR FROM EARTH RETURNS;
BUT THERE ARE LESSONS TAUGHT BELOW,
I WANT THIS CHILD TO LEARN

I'VE LOOKED THE WHOLE WORLD OVER
IN MY SEARCH FOR TEACHER'S TRUE.
AND FROM THE THINGS THAT CROWD LIFE'S LANE
I HAVE CHOSE YOU.

NOW WILL YOU GIVE HER ALL YOUR LOVE?
NOR THINK THE LABOR VAIN?
NOR HATE ME WHEN I COME TO TAKE
THIS LENT CHILD BACK AGAIN?

I FANCIED THAT I HEARD THEM SAY
DEAR LORD, THY WILL BE DONE
FOR ALL THE JOYS THY CHILD WILL BRING
THE RISK OF GRIEF WE'LL RUN

WE WILL SHELTER HER WITH TENDERNESS,
WE'LL LOVE HER WHILE WE MAY
AND FOR THE HAPPINESS WE HAVE KNOWN
FOREVER GRATEFUL STAY
.
BUT SHOULD THY ANGEL CALL FOR HER,
MUCH SOONER THAN WE'VE PLANNED,
WE'LL BRAVE THE BITTER GRIEF THAT COMES
AND TRY TO UNDERSTAND




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That is truly beautiful x

I am in tears here at this beautiful poem, thank you for sharing it with us....




Jean x

I put it on for the lady who has just lost her daughter to SADS, bless her XX..

I only had three days with my daughter. On her headstone, I have engraved 'Only lent'

It's a lovely poem, have heard it before Gillian.

Lizx