Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age, Marriage, and Death |
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... born is a holy night . Fathers and Mothers— Sitting beside their children's cribs— Feel glory in the wond'rous sight of a life beginning . They ask : " When or how will this new life end ? Or will it ever end ? " Each night a child is born ...
... born is a holy night . Fathers and Mothers— Sitting beside their children's cribs— Feel glory in the wond'rous sight of a life beginning . They ask : " When or how will this new life end ? Or will it ever end ? " Each night a child is born ...
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... born ; O hear me . Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the club - footed ghoul come near me . I am not yet born , console me . I fear that the human race may with tall walls wall me , with strong drugs dope me , with ...
... born ; O hear me . Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the club - footed ghoul come near me . I am not yet born , console me . I fear that the human race may with tall walls wall me , with strong drugs dope me , with ...
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... born " be changed to " I am just born , " and that any inappropriate stanzas be omitted . ) Let our children learn to be honest , both with themselves and with all others . This is the basic human value . In its simplest terms , it is ...
... born " be changed to " I am just born , " and that any inappropriate stanzas be omitted . ) Let our children learn to be honest , both with themselves and with all others . This is the basic human value . In its simplest terms , it is ...
Contents
An eye comes out of the wave | 5 |
Give back life for life | 16 |
We take the future from ourselves | 27 |
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Great Occasions: Readings for the Celebration of Birth, Coming-of-age ... Carl Seaburg Limited preview - 1998 |
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