The greatest joy on earth is our children; <br />To see them born healthy and grow up well; <br />To see them acquire God's precious ken, <br />That guides them to Heaven, avoiding hell. <br /> <br />What joy it is to see them walk on fours! <br />And learn to move, to utter sounds with sense; <br />What joy it is to hear their mental stores! <br />To see them worldly-wise, avoid non-sense. <br /> <br />What, joy to see the child, Father of man! <br />What joy to see them outdo their parents! <br />What joy when things we cannot do, they can! <br />What joy to see their God-given talents? <br /> <br /> Our children are the apples of our eyes; <br /> The Almighty God, we see, in their guise.<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sonnet-the-greatest-joy-on-earth-is-children/
