I cannot tell what stranger shore But I can truly hope and pray That thou may'st walk in wisdom's way, And humbly with thy God. CHILDREN'S FANCIES. I WISH I was a little bird, And my vesper hymn ring gladly I wish I were a floweret, To blossom in the grove; I silently would ope to life, And quietly would die. A BOY'S DUTY. I wish I was a gold-fish, To seek the sunny wave, To part the gentle ripple, And 'mid its coolness lave; I'd glide through day delighted, Beneath the azure sky, And when night came on in softness, Hush hush romantic prattlers! And the floweret's blush refined, To the noble thought of Deity yonr opening mind? Within A BOY'S DUTY. ALL good boys must every day 101 LUCY'S LAMB. LUCY had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And every where that Lucy went, The lamb was sure to go. He followed her to school one day, It made the children laugh and play, And so the teacher turned him out; To her he ran, and then he laid As if to say "I'm not afraid— You'll shield me from all harm.” "What makes the lamb love Lucy so?" The little children cried; "O, Lucy loves the lamb, you know!" The teacher quick replied. I MUST NOT TEASE MY MOTHER. "If you, like Lucy, are but kind, Their love and friendship, you will find, I MUST NOT TEASE MY MOTHER. I MUST not tease my mother, For she is very kind,- I must directly mind: And could not speak or walk, I must not tease my mother; I will not choose a noisy play, I must not tease my mother; 103 And she has patience with my faults, How much I'll try to please her What would become of me? A FLY IN WINTER. Go back, little Fly, in your corner so warm, No, no, little Fly, Jack Frost, the Ice Hero, There's no place like home, when the rude winter Chills one, and holds one, so tight and so fast; S. A. W. |