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A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for read more
A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men
 But thus: if powers divine
 Behold our human actions, as they do,
  I doubt not then but read more 
 But thus: if powers divine
 Behold our human actions, as they do,
  I doubt not then but innocence shall make
   False accusation blush and tyranny
    Tremble at patience. 
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it read more
No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Unto the pure all things are pure.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
 O, white innocence,
 That thou shouldst wear the mask of guilt to hide
  Thine awful and serenest read more 
 O, white innocence,
 That thou shouldst wear the mask of guilt to hide
  Thine awful and serenest countenance
   From those who know thee not! 
 O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence
 Love takes the meaning in love's conference.  
 O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence
 Love takes the meaning in love's conference.