Make Home Happy.

Make Home Happy. 261.9 Though we may not change the cottage For the masaion tall and grand, Nor exchange the little grass-plot For a boundless stretch of land Though we have no mesna to purchas Costly pictures, riety and rare Though we…

Christmas Gifts.

Christmas Gifts. 384.2 "What did you get for Christmas?" "Oh, nothing much," he said. "Nothing but a picture book, And a pair of skates and a sled. "And a new fur cap, and a muffler, And a train of cars, and a ball, And a top, and a game,…

The Rose That All Are Praising

The Rose That All Are Praising 8410 The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for ine: Too many eyes are gazing Upon that costly tree, But I've a rose in yonder glen That shuns the gaze of other men, For me its bossoin raising- Oh,…

Good Night

Good Night. 165.1 How sweet the habor Evening cent the hour of sweet r The Horse Wave suck to rest, The money bright The wane who have suck ta rest, The moderne brigh Thess tranquil hours Farm the dearest link of And, while ouch…

The Unforgotten

The Unforgotten By Theodosia Garrison 952 By Theodosia Garrison in Smart Set It is all calm, this love you give to me Mly life goes gently in a cloistered hold Whose windows open to the scanty gold Of tender twilight on a quiet sea This…

Walled in.

Walled in. 511.1 When Johnnie went off to Yale, to Yale, He was a parlor boarder: They sent him down to Eli Town To study law and order. They told him not to study much Because he was so frail- I wonder what his ma-mah will say When…

The Butterflies of May

The Butterflies of May. 166.3 Written for the News Letter by the Marquis de Louville. Who knows what may be in the butterflies' wings When they play in the warm air together, If they say in a butterfly's way, loving things From the Tea to…

TO WIN.

TO WIN. 431.3 More motion, Lena sald: More courage, Lean dread More cheerful, More goodnose Less bad Mors liking, Less hate: More labor. Leag walt.

Work Well Done

Work Well Done. 212.7 The work is well done that is willingly done. And the hands do not lag in their task, Then the love and good will of the la- boring one, Keep on, with no questions to ask. The work is well done that is cheerfully done,…

Put My Little SHoes Away.

Put My Little SHoes Away. 600.4 Mother, dear, come bathe my forehead, For I'm growing very weak; Only let one drop of water Fall upon my burning check. Chorus- Oh, I'm going away to leave you, mother, Oh, remember what I say; Do it, won't…

The Fairy Artist.

The Fairy Artist. 518.4 O, there is a little artist Who paints in the cold night hours Pictures for wee, wee children, Of wondrous trees and flowers; Pictures of snow-white mountains Touching the snow-white sky; Pictures of distant oceans Where…

Darling Chloe.

Darling Chloe. 298.6 In the old Carolina state, where the sweet magnolia blooms, And the pickaninny darky learns to hoe, There is one I long to see, who was always true to me, But I left her many, many years ago. 'Mid the cotton and the…

Song of the Grasshopper

Song of the Grasshopper. 202.6 I saw a brown old grasshopper, And he sat upon a stone, While ever and anon he chirped In a sad and mournful tone: And many an anxious, troubled look . He cast around the naked plain. Where now was but a…

The Old Arm Chair

The Old Arm Chair. 217.3 Not Readable Not Readable I sat and watch'd her many a day When her eyes grew dim, and her locka were grayi And I almost worship'd har when the smilef And turn'd from her utble to hiras her child. Years roll'd…

“Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep”.

"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep". 436.13 "Now I lay me down to sleep: I pray the Lord my soul to keep,"L Was my childhood's early prayer, Taught by my mother's love and care. Many years since they have fled: Mother slumbers with the dead;…

Our City Beautiful

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Our City Beautiful. 9.3 Een tho' our hearts be steeped in tears And, bent our souls by miery: Een tho we look where once we loved- That loved, now ashes at our feet, Stifle, they cry-who dares to weep? Raise up thine head and worship Goal!…

I Could Not Call Her Mother.

I Could Not Call Her Mother. 490.5 The marriage rite was over, And tho I turned aside To keep the guests from seeing The tears I could not hide. I wreathed my face in smiles And led my little brother To greet my father's chosen, But…

Scotch Lassie Jean

Scotch Lassie Jean. 64.6 In Scotland'a fair lands, over mountains and riffs, That's where I roamed for many a day. In looking at the lads and lassles on the green, In the fair old hand of Scotland far away. I have waited for her coming,…

Uncle Sam’s Farm

Uncle Sam's Farm. 90.9 Of all the mighty nations In the East or In the West. Oh this glorious Yankee nation is the greatest and the best, We have room for all creation, And our banner la unfurled, Here's a general Invitation To the people…