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sing?To the blessed tree and the blessed night?When the Christ-child walks in the candles' light!_
OUR KITTENS
Our kittens have the softest fur,?And the sweetest little purr,?And such little velvet paws?With such cunning little claws,?And blue eyes, just like the sky!?(_Must_ they turn green, by and by?)?Two are striped like tigers, three?Are as black as black can be,?And they run so fast and play?With their tails, and are so gay,?Is it not a pity that?Each must grow into a cat?
IN JULY
Let us find a shady wady?Pretty little brook;?Let us have some candy handy,?And a picture-book.
There all day we'll stay and play and?Never mind the heat,?While the water gleaming, streaming,?Ripples round our feet.
And we'll gather curly pearly?Mussel-shells while bright?Frightened minnows darting, parting,?Scurry out of sight.
What if, what if,--heigho! my oh!--?All the "ifs" were true,?And the little fishes wishes,?Now, what would you do?
A VALENTINE TO A LITTLE CHILD
Dear heart, on this thrice-blessed day,?An thou my sweetheart be,?The rose of love shall bide alway?Upon the red-rose tree.
And in the garden of my heart?So ceaselessly shall shine,?The little birds will know thou art?Mine own true Valentine.
And I will bid them wing and sing?To all good winds that blow,?That to thy little feet they bring?All blessings, even so.
And o'er thy cradle I will coax,?By every lucky charm,?The friendship of the fairy folks?To fold thee from all harm.
So may they hover round thy head?And gently thereupon,?As doth the April sunshine, shed?Most gracious benison.
And all fair gifts that Fortune hath,?I'll pray she promise these,?And that she loose about thy path?All sweet influences.
Then here's a kiss! and there's a kiss!?And kisses, one, two, three!?I seal them in the folds of this,?And speed them unto thee!
ZIP!
When we went to drive the cows home?Down the lane to-day,?There was such a funny bunny?Jumped across the way!
All we saw as he ran past us,?Faster than a quail,?Was his snow-white fuzzy-wuzzy?Little cotton tail!
A LITTLE CAROL
Welcome, little Brother!?Lowly, holy One!?Hail thee, Virgin Mother,?More than any other?Blessed in thy Son!
Child, since the poor manger?Once thou didst not scorn,?Rest thee, little Stranger,?Folded from all danger,?In our hearts new-born!
Nestle thus, we pray thee,?In our love's caress;?Fain we are to pay thee?Worship, and obey thee,?Babe, and Prince no less!
SONG
Honey-dew drippity-drops for a feast,?Dreams of delight when the feasting has ceased,
Poppy and rose,
Drain them and doze;
This is a song that the butterfly knows.
THE THREE CANDLES
When the Christmas-tide drew nigh,?On a shelf three candles bright,?Two were red and one was white,?Waited for who came to buy.
Said the first one, "I shall be?Chosen for a Christmas-tree!"?Said the second, "I shall light?Christ Jesus on His way to-night!"?Then the third one sighed, "Ah me,?I know not what my lot will be!"
When the dark fell, bright and gay?The first candle burned away,?Red as all the berries red?On the holly overhead,?While the children in their glee?Danced around the Christmas-tree.
And the second, twinkling bright,?Poured forth all its golden light?Through a window decked with green?Garlands and red ribbons' sheen,?So the Christ-child when He came?Might be guided by its flame.
But the third one in the gloom?Of a bare and cheerless room?Softly burned where long had lain?A poor little child in pain,?And the baby in its bed?By the light was comforted.
When the Christ-child passed that night?All three candles gave Him light,?But the brightest was the spark?By the baby in the dark.
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