Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief; it is to be so little that the elves can reach to whisper in your ear; it is to turn pumpkins into coaches, and mice into horses, lowness into loftiness, and nothing into everything, for each child has its fairy godmother in its own soul.
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"In innocence there is no strength against evil," said
Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. "But there is strength in it read more
"In innocence there is no strength against evil," said
Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. "But there is strength in it for
good."
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
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.
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!
E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow
That innocence can give,
When its resistless accents flow
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E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow
That innocence can give,
When its resistless accents flow
To bid affection live.
He's armed without that's innocent within.
He's armed without that's innocent within.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.
