By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="A_SPARROW_ALONE_ON_THE_HOUSETOP" id="A_SPARROW_ALONE_ON_THE_HOUSETOP">"A SPARROW ALONE ON THE HOUSETOP"</SPAN></h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Sing, little sparrow, sing thy song.<br/></span> <span class="i4">No peril neareth thee;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Tho night be dark or day be long,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Or clouds hang low, sing on, sing on,<br/></span> <span class="i4">The dear God heareth thee.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Sing, little bird, whate'er befall&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i4">Trill out thine utmost need;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Thou canst not soar, thou canst not fall<br/></span> <span class="i0">But He will note who knoweth all,<br/></span> <span class="i4">And He thy plaint will heed.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">O little sparrow, far and high<br/></span> <span class="i4">Thy soft notes God-ward go,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And I with thee send up my cry,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And both shall somewhere find reply,<br/></span> <span class="i4"><i>God careth for us so.</i><br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />