245. With noiseless step an angel

1 With noiseless step an angel
Doth pass through ev'ry land;
No human eye can see him,
Though he is near at hand.
From heaven, the eternal home,
God sent him, here on earth to roam.

2 From house to house he wanders,
And where a child obeys
Its father and its mother,
The kindly angel stays,
To give the child his faithful care,
And to attend it everywhere.

3 He shares its joyful moments,
And guards it while at play;
He teaches it to study
And promptly to obey.
Of all he says the child takes heed,
And so improves in word and deed.

Text Information
First Line: With noiseless step an angel
Translator: H. Brueckner
Author: K. L. T. Lieth
Publication Date: 1918
Topic: Childhood
Notes: Translated from "Es geht durch alle lande" Tune: ES GEHT DURCH ALLE LANDE
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