Divine Songs for the Use of Children (1847)/XXI. The Child's Complaint
XXI.—The Child's Complaint.
1Why should I love my sports so well, so constant at my play,And lose the thoughts of heaven and hell, and then forget to pray?
2What do I read my Bible for, but, Lord, to learn thy will?And shall I learn to know thee more, and less obey thee still?
3How senseless is my heart and wild! how vain are all my thoughts!Pity the weakness of a child, and pardon all my faults.
4Make me thy heav'nly voice to hear, and let me love to pray,
Since God will lend a gracious ear to what a child can say.