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Title: Don't Be Afraid
Author: Dinah M. Mulock Craik [
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DON'T be afraid of the dark,
My daughter, dear as my soul!
You see but a part of the gloomy world,
But I--I have seen the whole,
And I know each step of the fearsome way,
Till the shadows brighten to open day.
Don't be afraid of pain,
My tender little child:
When its smart is worst there comes strength to bear,
And it seems as if angels smiled,--
As I smile, dear, when I hurt you now.
In binding up that wound on your brow.
Don't be afraid of grief,
'Twill come--as night follows day,
But the bleakest sky has tiny rifts
When the stars shine through--as to say
Wait, wait a little--till night is o'er
And beautiful day come back once more.
O child, be afraid of sin,
But have no other fear,
For God's in the dark, as well as the light;
And while we can feel Him near,
His hand that He gives, His love that He gave,
Lead safely, even to the dark of the grave.
[The end]
Dinah M. Mulock Craik's poem: Don't Be Afraid
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