THE SUSTAINING HAND.

THE SUSTAINING HAND. 255.1 The little child win wakes at night. Affrighted at the somber gloom, And clamors for a ray of light To drive the darkness from the room, To quiet dreamland sweetly goes, Contented if a hand is near, Caressingly,…
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NEW ENGLAND TO ” THE QUEEN CITY.”

NEW ENGLAND TO " THE QUEEN CITY." 544.2 "Jac" Lowell, author of "New England Snap Shots." From mountains green, from cloud-capped granite hills, From throbbing marts and peace-protected farms, We send to thee a shout of grand grand "good-wills,"…
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SHE’S IN SOCIETY.

SHE'S IN SOCIETY. 554.9 Her mother named her "A-l-i-c-e," But she's changed that now, I see. In print it spells "A-l-y-s." She's learned to flirt and to finesse. It takes her teasing brother Hal To bring her down. He calls her "Al." …

Post Little Blossom.

Post Little Blossom. 399.9 "But I remember he striked at pour mama, His face was an red and so wild: Alld I remember he striked at peer mamma And hurted his poor little child. "But I loves him and I dess I go find him; Perhaps he'll come…

New Year’s Eve

New Year's Eve 837 If you're waking, call me early, call me early mother deur, For I would see the run rise upon the glad now your: It is the last New Year that I shall ever see; Then you may lay me low in the wold and think no more of me Tonight…

ON THE BURIAL CIRCUIT.

ON THE BURIAL CIRCUIT. 304.7 They call me through the telephone: Each of the joy of her heart makes known; One has a lily, and one has a rose, Blossomed in spite of the deep winter snows. Bright in their windows these glow and glow, Orange…

THE WORLD GROWS BETTER.

THE WORLD GROWS BETTER. 404.5 Oh, the earth is full of sinning. And of trouble and of woe, But the devil makes an inning Every time we say it's so. And the way to set him scowling. And to put him back a pace, Is to stop this stupid growling…

San Francisco Redeemed

San Francisco Redeemed 66 Serenely proud has been thy reign, Fair mistress of the Golden Gate, NO Now through through they Great Baptismal Fire, Predestined to a Great Estate Ambassadors from every clime Have here their flags unfurled;…

ANOTHER OPTIMIST.

ANOTHER OPTIMIST. 370.6 Dey ain't no use in sighin' You cumberin' de groun': You sho' ter git what comin' When de Wheel Turn Roun'! You'll fetch up over yander What dar's honey by de poun', En milk enough to drown you When de Wheel Turn roun' …

HYMEN.

HYMEN. 384.11 Winds kiss and twine Leaves of the vine; Birds meet their mates in the blue. Heart of the rose Honey-bee knows, Heart of my heart knows you! Rising tides reach Arms to the beach; Star mates with star in the blue. Dawn…

Return.

Return. 281.5 We can't return when all is ended here To right the wrongs we do, to mend mistakes; We can't return to dry a single tear Or sooth one heart that for our folly aches.

An Old Man’s Story

An Old Man's Story. 169.5 "Tis only an oid man's strory-a tale we have oftheard told In a thousand forms and fancies, by the yourg sa ni well as old. A tale of life drenged hellwa.d. bound down by a demon's chain. Till the friendly hand of…

A Lenten Rhapsody.

A Lenten Rhapsody. 560.8 No, the house is not a-ûre Where that smoke doth kiss the sky, And that music is no lyre, Twanging with wild melody. It is just the rip and roar, Sneeze and whip and smut and souse, Aching limbs and joints all…

A Thanksgiving Obeing.

A Thanksgiving Obeing. 489.1 "Come, hear the tale I would unfold," said the Gobbler to his flock, "For what the stars this day have told has given me a shock. "The zodiac, in days of old, with twelve signs was com plete, But woe is me,…
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MOTHER’S SMILE.

MOTHER'S SMILE. 399.5 When I bin swimmin' all day lou, An' had a fight or two, An' come home in the ev'in' time A-feelin' mad and blue, There's just one thing that always seems My angry thoughts to smother, An I fergit 'em when I лес…

Pity The Poor Poet

Pity the Poor Poet 503 (As He Wrote It) Myrtilla's mouth is small and red, Her eyes are big and blue, The hair is golden on her head, Her skin is creamy hue (As Copled by a Northern Paper) Myrtilla's mouth is small and red, Her eyes…

Her Sealskin Sacque

Her Sealskin Sacque 835 The girl is much distressed The moths, a busy crew Have done their level best To make it peek-a-boo -Louisville Courier-Journal

Sorrow

Sorrow. 165.6 The sorrow that nobody mentions, The sorrow no ons may share Is the sorrow the dear Lord giveth His sweetest, tenderest care. He places his hand on the wellspring. The quivering lipe refrain. orth in denance And the eyes…
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I Just Came Back to Say Goodbye.

I Just Came Back to Say Goodbye. 454.4 A loving husband held his wife ploen to his throb bing heart, "Be b brave, And paidy hard to part my darling, for 1 know 'Lis I leave you with my dearest friend, who'll watch c'er babe and you." Then,…

PRAYER.

PRAYER. 467.2 I stood upon the threshold; musical Reverberant footsteps ghostlike came and went And my lips trembled as magnificent Before me rose a vision of that hall Whereof great Milton is the mighty wall, Shakespeare the dome with…