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Only a Babe

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 9, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 61.

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Only a Babe

By MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE

MRS. L. D. AVERY-STUTTLE
ONLY a baby, small and slight, Only a poor little lump of clay,— Dear little fairy clad in white,— Only a baby passed away.
Two baby eyes, so bright and blue, Closed forever in dreamless sleep; Dear baby heart, so fond and true, Under the daisies buried deep.
Ah, there is grief in our home today, Grief that another may never know; Our beauteous birdling has flown away,— Only a babe, but we loved her so! All in vain are these bitter tears, Crushing the heart with their weight of woe; O the grief of the coming years!— Only a babe, but we loved her so.
Only a babe; but an angel bright Marks the spot where our darling sleeps,— An angel bright from the land of light His tireless, watchful vigil keeps; And by and by through the shining sky We shall soar aloft to that verdant shore. When the Lord shall come through the azure dome, And we shall be parted nevermore.