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 Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers,
 Ere the sorrow comes with years?
  They are read more 
 Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers,
 Ere the sorrow comes with years?
  They are leaning their young heads against their mothers,
   And that cannot stop their tears. 
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he 
will not depart read more 
 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he 
will not depart from it. 
 They are idols of hearts and of households;
 They are angels of God in disguise;
  His sunlight read more 
 They are idols of hearts and of households;
 They are angels of God in disguise;
  His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
   His glory still gleams in their eyes;
    Those truants from home and from Heaven
     They have made me more manly and mild;
      And I know now how Jesus could liken
       The kingdom of God to a child. 
 A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing,
 And mischief-making monkey from his birth.  
 A little curly-headed, good-for-nothing,
 And mischief-making monkey from his birth. 
 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the 
heaviness of his mother.  
 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the 
heaviness of his mother. 
 Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
 Sailed off in a wooden shoe--
  Sailed on a river of read more 
 Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
 Sailed off in a wooden shoe--
  Sailed on a river of crystal light
   Into a sea of dew. 
 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: 
thy children like olive plants read more 
 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: 
thy children like olive plants round about thy table. 
 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and 
great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and read more 
 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and 
great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be 
comforted, because they are not.