Day by Day the Little Daisy

DESCRIPTION: "Day by day the little daisy Looks up with its yellow eye. Never murmurs, never wishes It were hanging up on high." "God hath given each his station; Some have riches and high place, Some have lowly homes and labour; All may have God's precious grace."
AUTHOR: Cecil Frances (Humphreys) Alexander (1818-1895) (source: hymnary.org)
EARLIEST DATE: 1983 (Cecil Frances Alexander)
KEYWORDS: flowers religious | daisy humility
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 89, "God hath given each his station" (1 fragment)
Roud #25354
NOTES [118 words]: I can't help but wonder how big a bribe some oppressive landlord or nobleman gave to Cecil Frances Alexander to write this bit of garbage. Or was it a slave trader? Yes, Paul advises slaves (e.g.) to accept their fate (e.g. 1 Corinthans 7:21, Ephesians 6:5; see also 1 Peter 2:18), but these are not instructions to be mindlessly passive but rather to devote themselves to more important things.
Alice Kane seems to have been taught a lot of Alexander poems; she also cited her "We Are But Little Children Weak" and her famous "All Things Bright and Beautiful." She also wrote "Once In Royal David's City" and "There Is a Green Hill Far Away." For background on her, see "All Things Bright and Beautiful." - RBW
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