"So he took up his bow, And he feathered his arrow, And said, 'I will shoot This little cock-sparrow
'"* * * * "'Tis good to make all duty sweet, To be alert and kind; 'Tis good, like Littie Mabel, To have a willing mind
&...
From our happy home Through the world we roam One week in all the year, Making winter spring With the joy we bring, For Christmas-tide is here
Now the eastern star Shines from afar To light the poorest home; Hearts warmer grow, Gifts freely f...
"We are sending you, dear flowers, Forth alone to die, Where your gentle sisters may not weep O'er the cold graves where you lie; But you go to bring them fadeless life In the bright homes where they dwell, And you softly smile that 't is so,...
Love comes to all soon or late, And maketh gay or sad; For every bird will find its mate, And every lass a lad,
From our happy
Through the world we
One week in all the year,
Making winter
The moonlight fades from flower and
And the stars dim one by one;
The tale is told, the song is sung,
And the Fairy feast is done
"J'avais une colombe blanche, J'avais un blanc petit pigeon, Tous deux volaient, de branche en branche, Jusqu'au faîte de mon dongeon: Mais comme un coup de vent d'automne, S'est abattu là, l'épervier, Et ma colombe si mignonne Ne revient plu...
"Dear Grif, Here is a whiff Of beautiful spring flowers; The big red rose Is for your nose, As toward the sky it towers
"Oh, do not frown Upon this crown Of green pinks and blue geranium But think of me When this you see, And put it...
"For myself alone,
I would not be Ambitious in my wish; but, for you, I would be trebled twenty times myself; A thousand times more fair, Ten thousand times more rich
"
"Beds to the front of them, Beds to the right of them, Beds to the left of them, Nobody blundered
Beamed at by hungry souls, Screamed at with brimming bowls, Steamed at by army rolls, Buttered and sundered
With coffee not cannon pli...
"Don't drive me away, But hear what I say: Bad men want the gold; They will steal it to-night, And you must take flight; So be quiet and busy and bold
" "Slip away with me, And you will see What a wise little thing am I; For th...
I am the monarch of the Sea, The ruler of the Queen's Navee,-- When at anchor here I ride, My bosom swells with pride, And I snap my fingers at a foeman's taunts
And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his aunts His sisters and his cousin...