Lawyer and Child

Granny's come to our house, And ho! my lawzy-daisy! All the childern round the place Is ist a-runnin' crazy!

Your hands--they are strangely fair! O Fair--for the jewels that sparkle there,--Fair--for the witchery of the That ivory keys alone can tell; But when their delicate touches

When the lids of dusk are falling O'er the dreamy eyes of day, And the whippoorwills are calling, And the lesson laid away,--May Mem'ry soft and tender

Who would beA merman gay, Singing alone, Sitting alone, With a mermaid's knee,

The smiling face of a happy With its enchanted Is now unlocking in My store of heartiest joy.

O her beautiful eyes! they are as blue as the dew On the violet's bloom when the morning is new, And the light of their love is the gleam of the sun O'er the meadows of Spring where the quick shadows run: As the morn shirts the mists and the…

Her hair was, oh, so dense a Of darkness, midnight envied her; And stars grew dimmer in the To see the glory of her eyes;

Friends, my heart is half Of its happiness to-night: Though your songs are gay and cheery, And your spirits feather-light,