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Rose-tree, my beauteous rose-tree ! Often have I longed to know How thy tender leaves were moulded - How thy buds are burst, and blow. I have watered, sunned, and trained thee, And have watched thee many an hour ; Yet I never could discover How a bud becomes a flower. So, last night, I...

I love to take this holy book, In summer's balmy hours, To study it beside the brook, Or by the trees and flowers. For here I read about the God Who made this world so fair, The skies - - the stream - - the grassy sod And bloom, that scents the air. The birds flit round, and sweetly sing Of...

A little boy, laid sick and low, Looked up with languid eye, And spake as one who seemed to know He now was called to die. He said, " Dear mother, do not grieve That I must leave you here ; For you, and every friend I leave, Will then be doubly dear. " There's something tells me I must go...

Come here, pretty fly, For the grass is so damp And the wind is so high, They will put out your lamp. Come, don't be so coy, Flashing by me with fear ; There's naught to destroy, Or to injure you here. Like a bright little spark As you're flying about, Here and there, in the dark, 0, you...

A quiet, harmless little bird, About your door I come ; And when my low " chick-chick," is heard, I'm asking for a crumb. O'er mint and clover-tops I flit, And through the fragrant yarrow ; Then, waiting near your door I sit, A patient little sparrow. To yon old churchyard late I flew, And...

The sunset's hue had faded out, And soft gray shadows fell about; All faintly traced the outlines stood, And, velvet-like, the cool green wood. His feet were tired, and drearily He thought of night. All cheerily A little brook spoke up to him From 'neath a tree's cool shade and dim, And...

Out of their peaceful slumbers The little children woke, When the tramp of armed and angry men The night's deep silence broke. And, shuddering, they listened to The threatened doom they swore, And their father's step, as he rose to meet The mobbers at his door. Twas cold, and dark the...

"Come, come, my darling, I must see How you can say your A, B, C. Go get your book, and come to me, And I will hear your E, F, G, When you have said your A, B, C. "A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, W, V, X, Y, and Z Oh dear me, Yes, you can say your A, B, C."...

Iam coming, I am coming ! Hark! the honey bee is humming; See, the lark is soaring high In the blue and sunny sky, And the gnats are on the wing Wheeling round in airy ring. Listen ! New-born lambs are bleating, And the cawing rooks are meeting In the elms a noisy crowd. All the birds are...

A million little diamonds Twinkled on the trees; And all the little children cried, "A jewel, if you please!" But while they held their hands outstretched To catch the diamonds gay, A million little sunbeams came And stole them all away. - Mrs. Mary F. Butts

Ding dong! ding dong! I'll sing you a song. Tis about a little bird. He sat on a tree, And he sang to me, And I never said a word. Ding dong! ding dong! I'll sing you a song. 'Tis about a little mouse. He looked very cunning As I saw him running About my father's house. Ding dong! ding dong...

"Come, little leaves," said the wind one day, " Come over the meadows with me and play. Put on your dresses of red and gold; For summer is gone, and the days grow cold." Soon as the leaves heard the wind's loud call, Down they came fluttering, one and all. O'er the brown field then they danced...

AWAKE, my pet ! What ! slumbering yet, When the day's so warm and bright ? The flowers that wept Before they slept O'er the darkness of yesternight, Have listened long To the lark's wild song, And awoke with the morning light. Again and again Through the window-pane The jasmine flowers kept...

MY baby brother's fat, as fat As any boy can be, And he is just the sweetest duck That ever you did see. I count the dimples in his hands A dozen times a- day, And often wonder when he coos What he would like to say. I comb the down upon his head- He has'nt any hair,- It must be...

THE baby she has golden hair, Her cheeks are like a rose, And she sits fastened in her chair, A-counting of her toes. The mother she stands by the door, And all the place is neat, She says,"When it is half-past four, He'll come along the street." And O ! in all this happy world There's...

DEAR father's ship is very near, We'll blow him kisses, baby dear, He may come home to-day. A happy wind that journeys south Seems just to linger round my mouth, Then bear a kiss away. Come, baby, I will hold you-so, We'll watch the waves that outward go, And call, "Come back to-day...

Mountain, with thy firm old foot Fast beside the sea, What was in thy keeping put, Prisoned under thee ? "Hark, and hear the shuddering ground! Feel it rock and quake ! Struggling fires, beneath me bound, Strive their chains to break." Mountain, with a cloudy vest Girded o'er thy heart, Does...

My flower, thou art as sweet to me, Thy form as full and fair - As rich a fruit shall follow thee As if thou had'st denied the bee The pure and precious gift that he Wafts joyous through the air. The spices from thy bosom flow As purely round thee now, As if withheld an hour ago ; Restoring...

"Now, if I fall, will it be my lot To be cast in some low and lonely spot, To melt, and to sink, unseen or forgot? And there will my course be ended ? "'Twas this a feathery Snow-flake said, As down through measureless space it strayed ; Or, half by dalliance, half afraid, It seemed in mid air...

Little children, when you pray, "Father, hallowed be thy name ! Do you think, the words you say From the lips of Jesus came ? Uttered not with soul sincere, They offend his holy ear ; But, if from the heart they rise, They're as incense to the skies. When you pray, "Thy kingdom come !" Would...