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NEW AND TRUE
RHYMES AND RHYTHMS
AND HISTORIES DROLL
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
FROM POLE TO POLE
BY
MARY WILEY STAVER
“And childhood had its litanies
In every age and clime â€
— WHITTIER
BOSTON
LEE AND SHEPARD PUBLISHERS
1892
Copyright, r8Qr
By Mary WILEY STAVER
PRESS OF ENGRAVINGS BY
Rockwell and Churchill JOHN ANDREW AND SON CO,
BOSTON
BOSTON
DMevicated
TO
MY NIECES
MARY WILEY JONES
AND
MARY WILEY CAMERON
Ee AC HYMES and rhythms,
()) Rhythms and rhymes,
Brazen bells,
And silver chimes.
What will we hear,
And what will we see,
If we look in this book,
You dears, and me.
We'll catch the rhythms,
As we read the rhymes,
And laugh, perhaps,
If we like the chimes.
We'll stop at each picture
And take a good look,
We'll not miss one
To the end of the book.
iliustrated by
LAVINIA EBBINGHAUSEN,
TESS. WIGULILIG OR. SMECTIEE
GES STE NIGER MMOL,
Fs MOGOSIUS IICK,
HERMAN FABER.
UST Gi Je Oust.
A CHILD’S SONG
A FUSS
AH-GO0OO
AH, ME! AH, ME! THE SAD MISHAP .
A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS
A LITTLE MOUSE .
ALWAYS DO RIGHT
AN ACCIDENT
A QUERY
Baby
Basy Dunn.
Br Goop : : : : : : : :
Bia! Bam! BuM!
Boy-BiuE AND Bo-PEEP
BYE-LO-LAND
CAN-AND-WILL AND CAN-BUT-WON’T
CHICKIES, CHICK, CHICK
CHICKIN’S PLEA
CLICKETY, CLICKETY, CLICKETY, CLACK
CocK-—A-—DOODLE—DOO-0
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CRUELTY
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12 LIST OF POEMS.
PAGE
Do SOMETHING GOOD TO-DAY, MY DEARS . : : 3 5 &
Do YouUR BEST. : : : : : ‘ : : ‘ > 0)
EARLY SPRING . : : : : : : : : : Reo alale?,
FEED THE HELPLESS BIRDIES : : : ‘ : é ekg
Frisky AND FLossy . . : f F i : 5 : Bees
GOOD-MORNING . : : : : ‘ : : : ; 5 Le
GooD-NIGHT : : : ‘ : i A : ; i . 80
HELTER-SKELTER : : : : : g ; : : onl
HERE'S A BOX. : ; : : : : : : : eens)
HERE'S A DISH . : : : : : : : : : os
How LONG TO SLEEP . : : ‘ : : : : 5 . 120
T CAN'T, SAID LAZY JIM. : ee 3 : 3 ; 9)
If YoU HAVE A THING TO DO. : : : : : : 55)
TLL SOFTLY SPEAK AND THEN [’LL SIGH . : : 3 : ee Asli
I rove papa, I LOVE MAMMA . : : : ; , : 5 6&0)
I TOOK MY LITTLE PONY . p : 5 : ‘ : : ee)
Iv’s RAINING ON THE MOUNTAIN : : ; : 4 : oll
Jmmin McCann . ; : i : ; : y : : > «OY
Kartrn WHITENOSE . ; : : : : : : : Pe slulhs
LIFE IS VERY FLEETING. : : i : : : : eS
LING—A-LING—A-LING—A-—LING—A-LING—A-LING—A-LAY : : sO)
LINKUM, LUMIKUM, LORY . ; 2 3 : : : : . 66
LirtLe ANDY ; : ; : et: : : 3 : . 44
LITTLE BIRDIE ON THE TREE : : ; : : 4 : eS)
LittLe JAck HALE SAID HE WANTED SOME FUN. : : . 56
LittLe Jack KREIDER : i : : ‘ : ‘ 4 . 08
LittLE Maprn f : : i d ; : ‘ : ee ih
Litrte Try 3 ‘ ; : F : : ‘ ; ’ nS)
LURALY, LURALY, LURALY-LEE . ? 2 : : : : eS
MotHER SHEEP LOVES HER LITTLE LAMB . i ; : 3 eee
LIST OF POEMS. 3
PAGE
NAUGHTY . : : : : s : : g : : os
NINETY-NINE ; : : : : : : ‘ i ; 5 | BO
Now, WHAT DO YOU THINK, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK . i Pee)
On, ME! HOWEER WILL I LIVE THROUGH THIS DAY : t . St
Oup MotHEer BRINDLE’S COMING HOME WITH HER CALF. : oO
Outp Sir BUMBLEBEE . : : : ; : : : ‘ ee)
ONE DAY LITTLE JOHNNIE WAS WORKING HARD : : : peellocl
ONE SUNSHINY DAY. ‘ : a: : 3 : : : ae lu
OUR LITTLE DOG NIP . : : : : : i : : . 108
PEDLER JIM. : : : i : : : : 3 : a 80
Poor OLD HORSIE ‘ i ; af ' d y d ; aa
PRAY, WHAT'S IN YOUR BASKET? : ‘ : : : at me alalu(|
RIDING ON A RAIL-CAR : : : : : : ‘ 3 al
SANTA CLAUS IN TROUBLE . 2 i : : f : : . 100
SHUT-EYE-TOWN . : : : : : : ; ; ; ee vial
SPECKLE : : : : : a ; : 3 3 : She
SPRING IS HERE . : 3 . : : ‘ : : : >. Je
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON’S HOT . : : : : : 4 . 116
THE ALARM . : : : : : : 5 Sa eS
THE BELL. : : : : : ; ; : : fee (0
THE BIRTHDAY . 4 : j j : 3 : : : oS
THE CAPTIVE BIRD : : : : : : : F : ee)
THE COW, THE CALF, AND THE PIG . t : E ; : . AY
THE DISAGREEMENT. : { : : : : : : pax)
THE DISTRESSED OWL . ; i : s : : : : . 104
THE EASTER EGG ‘ ; : : : : , d 4 eet)
THE FAMILY CLOCK . : : : 3 i : ‘ : . 131
THE FOX STOLE A GOOSE . ; : : : 4 : : eels)
THE HARD LESSON : ; : : ! : : . : . 64
THE HOLIDAY : : : i 3 : : : : . 118
14 LIST OF POEMS.
PAGE
THE HUMMING-BIRD AND CAT-BIRD . i : i : . SO
THE LONELY LITTLE MAIDEN : : : : ‘ : Me eu(ie)
THE MOON . : s : ! : 4 : : 3 OS
THE SAILOR . : : : : : : 5 : : 5 aoe
THE SQUIRREL. : : : : i : : t : . 1380
THE WALK . : i 4 ; : : : : ‘ : Nae OD
THE WORLD IS VERY BEAUTIFUL : : 5 : : 3 Neely
THOUGH KINDLY SPEECH MAY LINGER LONG . : i: i a AG
THREE LITTLE GOSLINS : i : : : : : : lis)
THREE LITTLE MEN. 3 : : : : } d i eee Oi
TIME AND TIDE . : 2 d : : : : : : gee
To GRANDMA'S 29
Tony Anp TIM 30
TOWSER FOUND A MARROW-BONE 59
TWINKUM, TWUMKUM, TWANKUM, TWERRY i : : : eS
TwWISTUM TWATUM, TWEETUM, TWEE . : : i 4 : oe,
Two SOBER LITTLE SISTERS f : : i : : 4 tS
VILLAGE NEWS . : : ; : : 4 : : : pec eye
WE TOOK A WALK : : : ; ; : : : . 124
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY BONNET? . ‘ : : : ne i)
WHAT THEY ALL DID . ’ : : : i : : : . 48
WHEREVER I Go. : d : : : : i : 0)
WINKIE WEE : i : : 5 f f : : t . 106
Norse. — The following Poems were originally published in the ‘‘ Christian Union†:—
PAGE | PAGE
A LETTER to Sanra CLaus . ‘ go fe Santa CLAus IN TROUBLE F fe . 100
Frisky AND FLossy ; i ¥ . OF | SPECKLE . : 5 i ‘ as Sune,
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Kirry WHITENOSE . i : é . 118 | Sprinc Is HERE e 5 8 3 z 18
For
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NEW AND IRUE
OR the nursery, for the hall,
For the spring, and for the fall;
the winter and for the summer,
quiet girl, and noisy drummer.
child and youth in every clime;
old and young who have the time,
one alone, or all together;
rainy days, or shining weather.
THE WORLD IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.
HE world is very beautiful,
I cannot tell you why;
I only know it’s beautiful —
The earth, the air, the sky.
The green trees standing in the sun,
Forming the prettiest bowers;
The birds, half-crazed with happy song;
And oh, the lovely flowers!
Oh, yes, the world is beautiful,
And TPve just told you why;
The song of birds, and blooming flowers,
Green earth and soft blue sky.
a7)
SPRING IS HERE.
O! up and away, for Spring is here;
The air is balmy, and skies are clear;
Roses are budding, and birds are singing,
And all the earth with joy seems ringing.
Grasses are growing, and soon they will wave
On sloping banks, o’er lawn and o’er grave;
While down in the meadow, and up on the hill,
Are blooming the cowslip and daffodil.
Over the rocks fresh moss is growing,
And everywhere are violets blowing;
While, dressed in new beauty, the stately trees
With careless grace yield now to the breeze.
The brooklet, unbound, hurries on to the sea,
And, hurrying, sings in low tone its glee;
While the sky, which hung o’er us in wintry gloom,
Now softens to shades, which no art can presume.
C18)
SPRING IS HERE.
The oriole swings in his half-built nest,
While the blackbird sings to the one he loves best,
And the squirrel is leaping from tree to tree,
To see what the chance for nuts will be.
Oh, the sights and the sounds for eye and for ear
Fill the heart of even the beggar with cheer,
And he quickens the pace of his lagging feet,
As he wanders away down alley and street;
For nature invites to the wide-spread feast
The high and the low, the greatest and least.
Then up and away, for Spring is here,
And life, light, and joy are everywhere.
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OLD SIR BUMBLEBEE.
LD Sir Bumblebee — for short, Sir
Bun —
Did nothing but buz, and buz,
and hum,
And fly about through the hazy
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He’d buz and hum, and didn’t
care,
If the world rolled round, or the
world stood still,
Or if water ran up or down the
hill,
He’d buz and hum, and didn’t
care,
As he flew about through the hazy air.
LD Mother Brindle’s coming home with her calf;
Grandpa Sumner walks behind with his staff.
He found Mother Brindle at the end of the wood,
Where she has tried every day to hide, if she could.
But Grandpa Sumner knew all about it,
And says such habits must surely be routed.
So old Mother Brindle can nothing else do,
But march right along, scolding, moo-00-o.
(20)
II me! ah me! the sad mishap!
Poor little mousie in the trap!
Oh, mousie, mousie, if I could,
I'd let you out, indeed I would!
You have been naughty, that I know;
But I have oft been naughty, too,
Yet ne’er was punished half like you.
So mousie, mousie, if I could,
Vd let you out, indeed I would.
(21)
IME will not wait, nor will the tide,
Be it thy wish to sail or ride:
Relentless still, no matter what
Cause thy delay, or what forgot; |
Appointments made, or changed plan, —
Time waits not for thee, boy or man.
Remember, then, time rushing on,
Thy promise due; time’s come, —it’s gone.
Promise broken, pledge forgot,
Stand abashed, excuse thee not.
For high or low, or small or great,
Nor time, nor tide, will ever wait.
| TOOK my little pony,
And galloped down the road;
I met a weary traveller,
With a heavy, heavy load.
(22)
TWINKUM, TWUNKUM, TWANKUM, TWELRIRY.
I loaned the man my pony,
On which to put his pack;
But, alas, alas! my pony
Has never yet come back.
WINKUM, twunkum, twankum, twerry ;
Here’s a peach, and there’s a cherry;
Here’s an apple, and there’s a pear ;
Here’s a monkey, and there’s a bear.
Twinkum, twunkum, twankum, twerry,
This is funny, ain’t it? Very.
(23)
°VE been to the village and
heard the news:
Myra Malone has a pair of
new shoes;
Fannie McNulty and Patrick
McNair
Hired a carriage and drove to
the fair;
The Misses Van Hatten have
opened a school,
tu * But no child in the village
A black mark to their names,
likes the new rule,— 1
put there as a fine,
If not in their seats when the
clock strikes nine;
Annie Caskadden has got a
new bonnet,
With a bit of bright ribbon
and two feathers on it;
DOLLY.
Mary De Long has a pretty brown cloak,
A gift from her aunt livmg down in Pembroke;
They’ve got a new clerk in Binghamton’s store,
And a beautiful knocker on Mullison’s door.
I met Martha Glibb, and I could not refuse
To stop just a bit while she told me the news.
DOLLY.
OOK at my charming dolly,
She came across the sea ;
This darling, lovely dolly
My grandma gave to me.
To think how very far she came, —
Across the wide, wide sea!
And over many miles of land,
To make her home with me!
And oh, I love her s0,
My own dear, precious dolly!
Her name! I never thought of that;
Her name! why, it is Dolly!
(25)
THE BELL.
N their way to church one day,
While ding, dong, rang the bell,
Two young lasses, gayly dressed,
Into gossip fell.
A stranger walking near the twain
Listening to the bell,
Hearing, too, the flippant. talk,
Into revery fell.
Soon three tongues seemed clamoring
With something strong to tell;
He vainly tried to heed them all,
Then yielded to the bell,
And tells below, in plamest word,
Advice which from the bell he heard,
Though changed in rhythm as it fell
In ding-dongs from the stately bell.
Ding, dong, says the bell,
All you hear never tell,
Never tell, never tell ;
Ding, dong, remember well,
All you hear never tell;
Ding, dong ; fare-you-well.
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(27)
LURALY, LURALY, LURADLY-LEE.
Ding, dong, says the bell,
Whispered news never tell,
Never tell, never tell ;
Ding, dong, remember well,
Whispered news never tell ;
Ding, dong ; fare-you-well.
Still resounds the strange refrain,
Ding, dong ; come again,
Come again, but never tell
All you hear, says the bell ;
Never tell, never tell;
Ding, — dong, — fare-you-well.
URALY, luraly, luraly-lee;
It’s a wonderful, wonderful mystery!
All nature is working with industry,
But the little girl under the apple-tree.
The humming-bird hums it, and so does the
bee,
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But the little girl under the apple-tree ;
Luraly, luraly, luraly, luraly-lee,
The little girl under the apple-tree.
8)
TO GRANDMA'S.
[ee tell you of the little girl
Who’s hurrying through the grass
The nearest way,—she likes it best, —
The earnest little lass.
We call her Mary Margaret,
A very stately name;
She calls herself just Mamie,
Which answers all the same.
(29)
TONY AND TIM.
She’s going over to Grandma’s
With her little basket,
Where anything the darling wants
She only needs to ask it.
If hungry for a cookie,
Or dolly needs some clothes,
And no one else can give them,
She straight to Grandma goes.
Soon with her little basket
Filled to overflowing,
Crowded in and packed down,
Homeward she'll be going.
And Grandma gets such precious pay
In love and sweetest kisses!
Of these the darlmg gives, and gives,
And gives, and never misses.
ONY and Tin,
And Jerry and Jim,
Are down in the meadow mowing ;
Apples and. cherries,
And juniper berries,
Are out in my garden growing.
(30)
VOOR. old horsie,
Turned out to dic!
A shame! oh, ’tis cruel !
I hear you all cry.
For years he was faithful
To his master, and true ;
Ne’er shirking his work,
And the hardest work, too.
Instead, now, of standing
Half starved in the cold,
Neglected, forgotten,
Since useless and old,
(31)
WHAT DO YOU THINK.
He ought to be favored,
And sheltered from harm ;
Have the choicest of food,
And best stall in the barn.
A shame! oh, how cruel!
Let all the world cry,
To leave the poor horsie
In the cold there to die!
gee
OW, what do you think, and what do you think,
My little kitten does nothing but wink!
She winks in the morning, and winks at noon;
She winks at the sun, and winks at the moon;
She winks when she eats, and winks when she drinks,
And I never can guess in the least what she thinks.
(32)
fingers all are naughty;
Tl punish every one.
O nursie! what will mamma
Just see what they have
They broke that pretty china mug!
My naughty fingers did:
They let it fall, I could not help ;
They broke the mug and lid!
Alas, alas! a sad mistake !
Could they tell, they'd say “twas you.
Your little fingers servants are ;
What you command, they do.
When you no naughty wishes have,
Or il commands to fill,
How calmly in your lap they lie!
How innocent and still!
But when too curious you become
To see those things forbid,
Your will commands, they quick obey ;
Behold, a broken mug and lid!
(33)
HERE’S A DISH.
Then let your mind, dear child, dictate
To those willing servants ten,
To let alone, or work for good,—
What glad results will follow then!
ERE’S a dish,
With a fish
Nicely laid upon it.
Kitty winks,
And no doubt thinks
She’d like to feast upon it.
. (34)
THE BIRTHDAY.
N the fall of the year, when the woods are ablaze
With the beauty of autumn, and the air is all haze,
In a month that’s more beautiful even than May,
This dear little girl celebrates her birthday.
She is waiting, you see, for her playmates to come
And join in the pleasures and plays of her home.
The day will be happy, many returns may there be,
But soon she will change from the child that you see.
For the years they will come, and the years they will go,
Fly they ever so fast, or creep they but slow,
And her childhood will fade, like a dream far away;
And yet it may be on some future birthday
That still the same likeness we clearly may trace
*Twixt the woman full grown and this dear little face.
(38)
INETY little blackbirds sitting on a tree,
Nothing ever like it seen by you or me.
Another little blackbird —I cannot say where from —
Came and sat amongst them, making ninety-one.
Then every little blackbird tuned its cheery voice,
And joined a song of gladness, to show each could rejoice
Because another little bird was added to the crowd.
At first they sang quite softly, then sang out clear and loud.
Then another little blackbird, flying from afar,
Came and joined the merry ones—it never made a jar.
Each little bird was happy, each little heart was true,
And now it’s pla as can be, there were just ninety-two.
And still another blackbird, as if from out a cloud,
Came suddenly amongst them, singing sweet and loud.
Again, if you will count, youll quite agree with me,
This cheery flock of blackbirds now numbered nimety-three.
Then I heard the wind blow; but as merry as could be
Were those happy little blackbirds, singing on that tree.
Another came and joined them smce I had shut the door,
And so, you see, with that one, there were just ninety-four.
(36)
NINE TY-NINE.
Their song so full of welcome, and full of glad refrain,
Was tuned to meet another, as T looked out again.
And ninety-five blithe yoices were carolling so sweet,
Their song filled all the air of wood, and vale, and street.
The people paused to listen, and in their hearts felt glad
Phat of all those little blackbirds not one was dull or sad.
And here I'll pause to tell you another quickly came, —
They never asked where from, or sought to know his name.
Ninety-six in all you see,—the number here was even, —
But quick as thought another came, making ninety-seyen.
The more of us the merrier, their motto seemed to be,
As, glad and happy, singing, they sat upon the tree.
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Another little blackbird, afraid of being late,
Came hurriedly among them, making ninety-cight.
Then still another jomed them in their happy song,
Singing clear and sweetly, and singing low and lone.
Then all the little blackbirds —the weather now was fine —
Flew away together, a flock of ninety-nine.
But where the songsters went to, or where they meant to go,
If ever Pm informed, Pl surely let you know.
T’S raining on the mountain;
There’s sunshine in the valley;
It’s dusty in the wide, wide street,
And stony in the alley.
(37)
AN ACCIDENT.
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all.
Sitting there contentedly,
Looking at his toes;
Then, trying hard to pick one up,
Off the stool he goes!
Papa lifts poor baby up;
Mamma claps her hands;
Little sister sings to him,
While brother laughing stands.
For baby looks so very droll,
Frowning at them all;
As if he thought each one to
blame
For his astounding fall.
(38)
THE CAPTIVE BIRD.
C)" dear! oh dear! said Nannie Brown;
Oh dear! oh dear! said Mary;
Our little pet will fly away,
Unless we’re wise and wary.
E’er since we put him in the cage
He tries the bars and door;
A. prisoner he has never been
In all his life before.
And listen to his mournful “tweekâ€!
And see his panting breast!
Ah me! perhaps he’s thinking of
His playmates in the nest.
(39)
WHEREVER I GO.
The nest high in that old oak-tree,
From which he fell that day;
I wonder could he find it, if
We'd let him fly away?
Poor little bird! I pity him;
Pll let him out, I think.
Ho! there, he’s off, our captive pet,
As quick as you can wink.
WHEREVER I GO.
.)) HEREVER I go, wherever
I look,
Up on the tree, on the
ground, in the brook,
Something is living, and
everything trying,
With climbing, with
creeping, with swim-
ming, with flying,
Some object to win, some duty to do ;
Wise teaching of lesson to me and to you.
The low humming bee, the bonnie wee bird,
The sheep in the fold, the cows in the herd—
Active and earnest, each one at their best,
Till object attained unmindful of rest.
(40)
OCK-a-doodle-doo-o!
Who said it was not true?
Do I know best—or you?
Cock-a-doodle-doo-o!
LL softly speak, and then Dll sigh;
Tl louder speak, and then Tl ery;
Then Tl laugh, and then Ill sing,
And make the air with noises ring.
(41) ;
ie ERE’S a dear little boy,
ye not quite a year old, —
NY i A droll little fellow, — he laughs,
All
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knows no other ;
Strange, too, for it’s not the one used by his mother.
He talks it to me, he’ll talk it to you,
This droll little fellow, — his name is Ah-Goo.
Ah-Goo is his language, Ah-Goo is his name ;
At least, if you ask him, he’ll say they’re the same.
He’s as bright as can be, indeed, quite a king
In our house, where he rules without signet or ring.
He rules and he reigns ; no autocrat stern
Has a temper more quick or a will that’s more firm.
Yet no laugh is more joyous, no smile is more sweet,
Than that of Ah-Goo. If youll act but discreet,
And ne’er let him know that your crossing his will,
He'll think, through it all, that he’s head ruler still.
You see, he’s so young, with age he’ll grow wise,
And so fast learn to obey, twill be a surprise.
Then with grace he’ll submit, at home and at school,
As he learns the sound wisdom that elders must rule.
(42)
A QUERY.
EF I were a little bird
Sitting on a tree;
A robin, or a sparrow,
A wren, or chickadee;
Or if I were a_ kitten,
Or my little dog, Bow-Wow, —
Would I feel as happy
As I am feeling now?
(43
LITTLE ANDY.
ITTLE Andy,
L2 Quite a dandy,
Dressed from hat to shoes,
In suit quite new, —
You see it’s true;
And this is all the news,
Oh, no! there’s more:
Round at the store,
The bill for hat and shoes,
And all the clothes,
As Andy knows,
Ts paid,—and tha?’s the news.
CH)
CHICKIEH’S PLEA.
EEKETY, peekety, peekety boo!
Whose little chickie, I wonder, are you?
I am my mother’s own dear little chick ;
She taught me to scratch, to hunt, and to pick.
Right here in the garden, she says, is the best
Of any one place in the east or the west
To find the fat worms and nicest rich seeds,
And where I can rest under plants and thick weeds.
"Tis here I’ve been coming on every fine day;
So please, pretty mistress, don’t drive me away.
(45)
CHICKIES, CHIC, CHICK.
The cows have their pasture, the geese have their plot,
And the horses and colts are out in the lot ;
The dog and old kitty roam about without fear,
And where should J go, if I dare not come here?
Then please, pretty mistress, — please don’t, I pray,
Be cruel to me, and drive me away.
HICKIES, chick, chick !
Come and eat quick.
One and all, make haste to come,
Here’s a worm, and there’s a crumb.
Here are more! oh, what a feast !
For each of you three crumbs at least !
Make haste and eat, and then to bed,
My chickies dear. Hach little head
Must soon be nestled, snug and warm,
Under my wings, all safe from harm.
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LITTLE MABEL.
ee Mabel,
At the table,
Sitting with her teacher;
On the floor,
Near the door,
Baby tries to reach
her.
ITTLE Uarry
Said he’d tarry
Till the sun had set.
Johnny Dunn
Said he’d run,
The grass was getting wet.
Little Laur
Had a sorrow
She told to cousin Mary:
Her bird was sick, —
It was no trick, —
Her little pet canary.
Wille Clair,
On a chan,
Was tired, jumping round.
Tommie Flick,
Running quick,
Fell upon the ground.
Little Andy,
Smart and handy,
Went to sell some papers.
Little Jake
Ate a cake,
Then cut some funny capers.
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THE COW, THE CALF, AND THE PIG.
Jimmie Twist
Made a fist
At his little brother;
Harry Lane
Saw it plain,
And ran home to his mother.
Annie Leech
Found a peach, —
A beauty, ripe and mellow, —
As the leaves
On the trees
Were turning red and yellow.
In the lane,
Annie Crane
Found a pretty flower.
Annie Brown
Went to town,
And stayed there half an hour.
HE cow, the calf, and
pig
Went out to the field
gether 5
“This is very nice grass,â€
the calf;
weather.â€
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Said the pig, “It is very nice
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lee G-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling-a-lay !
Don’t you hear sly kitty coming, birdie? Fly away!
Around her neck I put that bell, that you might quickly hear
When, in her wish to catch you quick, she comes so slyly near.
Then hearken to the bell, birdie; ling-a-ling-a-lay!
Take warning when you hear it, and quickly fly away.
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ELTER-SKELTER !
Pell-mell !
Where are they going, —
Who can tell, —
That eager boy
And merry girls ?
Rosy faces, :
Flying curls ;
Eager boy,
Happy girls.
Helter-skelter !
Pell-mell !
Where are they going ?
Who can tell ?
OTHER $sheep loves her little lamb,
And Tabby loves her kitty ;
Bantam’s pets have grown too large,
Isn’t that a pity!
(51)
THE SAILOR.
ICK, tock,â€
Says the clock,
On the mantel standing.
< Hick, hock,
Here’s the dock,â€
Says the sailor, landing.
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THE SAILOR.
Sailor just got home from sea,
“What's the time of day?†asks he.
Faster, faster ticks the clock,
Sailor hurries from the dock.
And while the clock strikes one, two, three,
The sailor just gets home to tea.
(83)
CONTENT.
OTHER Whisker went up
to the garret
And caught two fine
little mice,
Which she gave to her
darling kitties,
Who ate them, and
said, “Oh, how
nice !â€
At sunrise, one beau-
tiful morning,
Mother Robin flew off
to hunt food ;
She found some fat
worms for her bird-
ies,
Feud) Who ate them, and
Wee ay ne : tt
RO ee said, Oh, how
Y 4 \ {
wn NIP good !â€
\ I i i B
a \ | ey The little calf down in
the meadow,
Eating the grass and
the clover,
Said, “Anything better than this
Can never be found the world over
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19
IF YOU HAVE A THING TO DO.
Little lame Mabel De Lony,
Eating her milk and her bread,
As she looked at the flowers near her,
And felt the warm sun overhead,
Said, “Oh, but this world is beautiful !
And oh, but our God is good!
He gives us just all we can wish for, —
The flowers and sunshine, our clothing and food.â€
But Willic Malone, the banker’s son,
Hating his rich cream pie,
Said, “IJ wish I had plum cake and candy,
Or jelly with cream,—oh dear, oh my!â€
2
I you have a thing to do,
Do it, do it, do it!
Be prompt and ready in your act,
And you will never rue it.
If a kindly word yowd say,
Say it, say iu say ib!
Friends are passing fast away,
Ob, do not then delay it.
Whatever, then, you have to do,
Do it, do it, do it!
Duty really is not hard,
If rightly we will view it.
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ITTLE Jack Hale said he wanted some fun,
And started off bravely on a fast run.
He ran down the yard and across the field ;
He ran against piggy, and poor piggy squealed.
He ran through the valley, and ran past the mill,
Then over the bridge and up a high hill,
Just over the top of which hung the moon,
Which Jack was quite sure he’d reach very soon.
From the top of the hill, to his surprise,
Higher and higher the moon seemed to rise ;
Jack stood for a while looking up at the sky,
Too much of a man to whimper and cry.
Another brisk run soon brought him back
To the bars of the fence, where he met teasing Mack.
Ho, ho! little boy, what came of your run ?
Just all that I went for,—a great deal of fun.
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AA
LITTLE JACK HALE.
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LITTLE JACK KREIDER.
HIS horse and his rider,
Little Jack Kreider,
Are on their way to the fair ;
The weather is hazy,
And the horse a bit lazy
When do you think they'll get
there ?
TESS
I IFE is very fleeting ;
Duties multiply;
Watch the passing moments,
Catch them as they fly.
For each one has a value, —
A value all its own ;
And never the same moment
Comes back when once ’thas flown.
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OWSER. found a marrow-bone,
Rover found some bacon;
Each is happy o’er his luck,
Or else I am mistaken.
| CAN’T, said lazy Jim:
By and by, said careless Joe;
J shan’t, said pouting Tim ;
Tl try, said little Chloe.
(59)
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HE chickens, the roosters, and rabbits,
Usually all of good habits,
Were under some mystic delusion,
ae
All running around in confusion.
The chickens declared they laid all the eggs,
Which the roosters sustained, standing stiff on their legs.
All said it was so, while they cackled and crowed,
And great indignation every single hen showed.
The poor little rabbits, whose eyes with fear glistened,
Anxious and troubled, sat still and listened;
Said, “Something is wrong, and they’re angry at us,
But, surely, we’re not the cause of this fuss !â€
Still they were made to feel guilty, but of no known wrong.
They had not heard how ’twas said in sentence and song
That the Easter eggs, all of bewildermg beauty,
Were laid by the rabbits who then were on duty.
For years, and for years, I believe it’s been said
That those beautiful eggs by the rabbits are laid, —
Eggs of all colors, red eggs, green eggs, and blue.
The chickens were angry, and said ’twas not true.
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A FUSS.
Of the matter ’twas plain at last they had heard,
And, just like a chicken, believed every word.
The rabbits still listened in wild consternation,
‘While a rooster seemed reading a strong proclamation,
Through which he declared, as I understand,
He meant to inform all the folks in the land
Hispecially the children and bright, laughing youth,
Of something they knew not, but still a great truth :
That the eggs,—all the eggs,
all the beautiful eges
Here the rooster, still standing very stiff on his lees,
Seemed so full of the secret he meant to betray,
That I really thought best to hurry away,
And listen no further to the pitiful fuss,
Which you and I know was not caused by us,
But just leave the chickens, the roosters, and rabbits
Alone, and they’d soon get back to good feelings and habits.
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THE WALK.
AID Louisa to Jane,
* Let us walk down the lane,
And look for some grasses and wild-flowers sweet.
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THE WALK.
Besides, there are cherries,
And sweet, early berries,
Which I know we can get, if hungry, to eat.â€
So they walked down the lane,
Louisa and Jane,
As cheerful and happy as e’er they could be.
They gathered bright flowers,
While fast flew the hours,
Then hurried at last to the old cherry-tree.
They looked with keen eyes,
But, to their surprise,
On that tree there was not a single red cherry.
Then they quick hurried hence,
Across the low fence,
And in through the bushes ; but, lo! not a berry
Could the little girls find!
Then, both of one mind,
They started for home, saying, the dear little birds
Had eaten the cherries,
And all the sweet berries;
But further than this they wasted no words.
For, friends, don’t you see,
“Pwixt you and just me,
They thought, as we do, that the birds and the bees
May eat of the berries,
And currants and cherries,
Wherever they find them, on bushes and trees.
(63)
THE HARD LESSON.
ILL any one tell me, if any one’s able,
Who eyer invented this wonderful table?
Multiplication they call it; I never heard
Of so many letters mixed up in one word.
The learning to spell it was a whole week’s task ;
And to learn these figures! just please let me ask
What does it all mean, any way ? — twice one’s two !
How funny it sounds ; and then, is it true ?
Ah, well, I must learn it ; and twice two’s four.
There’s crazy Jack Wilbur looking in at the door;
Though crazy, they say he’s up to all tricks —
Oh, dear! teacher’s looking ; twice three’s six.
Will Hasser and Tom are coming in late,
They'll both get black marks; twice four’s eight.
"Tis such a bright morning ! Oh, there go two men
With rods to catch bass ; ah me, twice five’s ten,
And twice six are twelve. Oh, but this is hard work !
And up to his eyes went Tim’s hand with a jerk.
Twice fourteen are seven—oh, no, that’s all wrong,
This table is just like some dreary old song.
Twice seven are fourteen, I guess that is right.
Look out there, Jim Hill and Will Trone’ll soon have a fight.
Who’s outside, I wonder! Oh, Little Joe Green ;
Ile’s back from his grandpa’s. Twice cight’s sixteen,
Twice nine are eighteen, and twice ten are twenty.
Tm going for chestnuts, I know they are plenty
In Felligan’s woods. Twice eleven’s twenty-two.
There, now, hurrah ! I am almost through
(64)
THE HARD LESSON.
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LINKUM, LUNKUM, LORY.
With this column, at least ; but oh, what a bore
To learn lessons like this! Twice twelve’s twenty-four.
Just then the bell rang, and, with a sharp snap,
Tim shut up the book and looked for his cap,
Forgetting at once multiplication and rule,
As he quickly rushed forward and bounced out of school.
Charlie told a story.
Twinkum, twunkum, twooth;
Willie told the truth.
Bitter, batter, butter-bread 3.
Charlie said the moon was red.
Peaches soft, and ripe, and mellow ;
Willie said the moon was yellow.
Yimper, yamper, yumper, yo;
Charlie said ink looked like snow.
Yinkum, yankum, yunkum, yak ;
Willie said that ink was black.
Charlie said, “ Now listen, please, —
The bread we eat grows on the trees.â€
Willie said he’d heard and read
That bakers always baked the bread.
Charlie said, “* Well, I declare,
The tailor made a wooden chair!â€
Willie said, and ’m sure he knows,
That tailors only make men’s clothes.
Willie was right, and Charlie wrong,
And here must end my little song.
(66)
T never, believe me, it never will
Vas
For you, little boy, or for you, or
for you,
To be running away from your lessons at school,
And say to yourself of this or that rule,
Theyre too strict, and too hard, for you to obey,
Or, if such are the lessons, you never can play.
An industrious boy or girl, all the same,
No matter what station, or under what name,
Theyre living and learning, should learn to do right.
Do all you are told; do it well,—with your might, —
And as you grow older and larger each day,
Yowll find time for all work, and some left for play.
Then be faithful at work, and faithful at school,
And never complain about lesson or rule,
And under this motto of “Always do Right,â€
The conscience torments not, but rests day and_ night.
(67)
BOY-BLUE AND BO-PEEP.
ES ITTLE Boy-Blue
EX) and little Bo-
Ap Peep,
} Both sent out to
watch some
sheep.
I cannot say were they sister
and brother,
Or whether, indeed, they knew
each other.
Both had trouble, and this is
the way
It came to little Boy-Blue one
day:
He carried a horn while he
watched the sheep,
But the day was warm and he fell asleep.
The sheep strayed off, and the naughty cows, too,
In charge of this herdsman, little Boy-Blue,
And wandered away to the meadow and corn,
For they saw no watcher and heard no horn.
Soon the good farmer came hurrying along,
Hearing no whistle and hearing no song,
For always, as happy as bird on the wing,
Little Boy-Blue would whistle or sing.
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BOY-BLUE AND BO-PEEP.
“Ho! ho! little shepherd! Ho, little Boy-Blue!
Is this the way you always do?
Is this the way you mind your sheep,
Under the hay-stack fast asleep?â€
The farmer forgave it, he knew a warm day
Was a great temptation to sleep on the hay;
But neglect of duty by me or by you
Will always bring trouble as it did to Boy-Blue.
But a sorrow far greater befell Bo-Peep,
Who, too, as you’ve heard, had charge of some sheep.
What she had been doing or where she went,
Whether going herself or was hurriedly sent
On an errand, it may be, by some one or other —
Her father, perhaps, or — well, perhaps by her brother,
She came back as fast as ever she could,
Then looked for her sheep in meadow and wood,
Calling and coaxing, and then began crying;
Her sheep might be lost or every one dying.
Some teasing boy, then just coming in sight,
Saw little Bo-Peep, and learned of her plight.
Then his voice how it rang,
As he teasingly sang,
“Ho! Little Bo-Peep
Has lost her sheep,
And don’t know where to find them.
Let them alone,
And they'll come home
With all their tails behind them.â€
(69)
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MY BONNET?
“Oh, dear!†sighed Bo-Peep, “if they only would come,
Then Vd hurry along and take them all home,
And no happier girl could ever be found
For millions and millions of miles all around.â€
But alas! with sorrow we have to conclude,
That naughty boy’s prophecy, cruel and rude,
Was not fulfilled; and little Bo-Peep
Has never yet found her long-lost sheep,
As from tidies on chairs, and pictures on walls,
In a great many rooms, and wide, spacious halls,
With sad, earnest eyes, poor little Bo-Peep
Still looks far away for her wandering sheep.
HAT do you think of my
bonnet?
And how do you like my
new shawl?
And oh! this most beauti-
ful dress!
Of course they’re not mine
—not at all.
I borrowed them all from mamma.
The reason Dll quickly make known:
I wanted to see how I'll look
When I to a woman have grown.
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(71)
“7 LUCK, eluck, cluck!â€
screamed a savage
little hen,
Belligerent in feeling towards women and men.
“JT made me a nest, in the old shed yonder,
Which to the rest of the hens was a wonder
Of cunning and neatness, and hidden away
From all prying eyes and the bright glare of day ;
And in it I laid, always cackling out loud,
Ten beautiful eggs, of which I was proud.â€
So fast clamored Speckle — that was her name —
She quite lost her breath, but found it again.
She cackled and clucked till round her she drew,
With worry and wonder, the whole of the crew
Of barn-yard loungers. Then her story she told.
Said she would not have given those ten eggs for gold.
She screamed it out louder and louder each minute:
“My nest had ten eggs, now nothing is in it.â€
Here Shanghai Jack came hurrying along
To learn, if he could, who had done Speckle wrong.
Jack was a chap of much barn-yard renown,
Had the longest of legs and a very high crown,
Was of foreign extraction, of which he was proud,
Walked always with boldness and crowed very loud.
He held his head loftily up in the air,
And mostly took Speckle hen under his care.
(72)
SPECKLE.
“Oh, Jack, only think, those ten beautiful eggs,
In my nest hidden there, between barrels and kegs,
Are stolen away. I suspect now that woman,
Who wanders about like a bird of ill-omen,
Took them out for her mistress, who'll take them away
To market to-morrow, —I know it’s the day.â€
Here old Prince Dominique, who’d been taking a nap,
Was suddenly roused by the crowing of Jack.
The snap in Jack’s voice, in full pity with Speckle,
Dominique took for a challenge, which quick roused his mettle.
He was a fowl of much spirit and beauty,
And never was known to fail in his duty.
Standing stiff on his feet, and with head thrown back,
Like an echo he answered the bold voice of Jack.
Soon old Mother Partlet, who wore a high ruff
Very full round her neck, and stiff as a cuff,
Half running, half flying, came hurrying along.
She’d seen much of the world, of its right and its wrong,
And thought but a hint of the wonderful clatter
Would reveal who was right and who wrong in the matter.
Once more little Speckle related her trouble,
Said her hopes of a brood had burst like a bubble,
And wondered that in the whole world could be found —
The world that’s so large, so heavy and round,
Amongst all the women and children and men—
A heart hard enough to so treat a poor hen.
It took but a moment for Partlet to think, —
No longer, indeed, than it takes you to wink.
She soothed little Speckle as well as she could.
Said worrying and fretting ne’er did any good ;
That, though things often go wrong, they end much better
Than ever we think, which is true to the letter.
(73)
SPECKLE.
Then she hurried away to that nest in the shed,
For, though not a bit handsome, she had a wise head,
And knew that sometimes the mistress thought best
To exchange all the eggs she found in a nest,
And thought to herself that a pitiful brood
From eggs such as Speckle’s were not worth their food,
And was feeling quite sure an exchange had been made
Of the tiny round eggs which Speckle had laid.
She glanced in the nest and found it was true, —
A. fact that was hailed with Cock-a-doodle-doo
By Jack, who had also walked out to the shed,
To sce for himself all the facts, as he said.
Little Speckle looked into the nest with surprise,
And said she could scarcely believe her own eyes,
There had something so strange and mysterious been done, —
The most wonderful thing, indeed, under the sun ;
But the hope of a brood once more filled her breast,
And, low clucking her joy, sat down on the nest.
THE LONELY LITTLE MAIDEN.
ONELY little maiden,
Sitting on the strand,
Sees the vessels come and go,
And thinks of Fatherland.
Sitting thinking all the day,
So lonely by the sea ;
This country is not home to her
That’s home to you and me.
Some day the ship that brought her here
Will come back to the strand,
And take the little maiden home
To her dear Fatherland.
(75)
HonniNG BIRD sn BikD
NE bright, fair day in summer,
© A happy little hummer,
Flying here and flying there
It seemed that he was everywhere;
Quoth he, this happy hummer,
“For me, too, was made the summer,
And the vines and charming flowers
That shade and screen the quiet bowers,â€
And like a flash flew here and there,
Still humming through the balmy air.
A cat-bird near, in gloomy mood,
Called out, “I think youre very rude.
Yes, indeed, I think it quite
Rude, and bold, and impolite,
In others’ presence to be humming,
For others’ going or their coming
Caring naught, but flashing, flying,
All opinions bold defying,
As if for none but you the sun were shining,
For none but you the vines were twining,
(76)
THE HUMMING-BIRD AND CAT-BIRD.
You bold, pretentious little hummer,
The proudest pest of all the summer.â€
The cat-bird felt too cross to sing,
Felt just too cross for anything
But sit and grumble on that twig,
While hummer never cared a fig,
But went right on, bright flashing here and there,
With his low humming filling still the air,
And giving joy, the charming little fellow,
To boy and man, who wondered were they green, or
yellow,
Or deeply blue, or burnished were with gold,
Those feathers tiny, seeming no dress for warm or cold,
But clothed him grander than a king,
This tiny hummer on the wing.
Still grumbling, there the cat-bird sat,
Wasting time, jealous, that was pat.
Soon the sunshine and the balmy air,
Showing all the world so glad and fair,
From his little heart all anger banished;
With it, too, his jealousy soon vanished;
Then, tuning sweet his little voice,
Soon touched and made the hearts of all rejoice
To hear him sing, with hearty will,
Till all the air he seemed to fill
With one glad, unbroken, happy strain,
Till encore, encore, with might and main,
Called man and boy, soon forgetting
Their late love, and naught regretting
Little hummer’s flight and flashing wings.
So much for one who hums or one who sings.
(77)
WO sober little sisters
Are going out to walk,
Almost afraid to smile a bit,
Almost afraid to talk,
Because their nursie said to them,
If they’d be very good,
They two might walk alone, for once,
Down to the hemlock wood.
She soon would follow after,
With lunch of something nice,
And, with her quicker footstep,
O’ertake them in a trice.
(78)
HERE’S A BOX.
That’s why, with sober faces,
They scarcely talk or smile ;
For, though it’s but a rod or two,
They think it full a mile.
ERE’S a box,
I wonder what’s in it;
Open the lid,
And yow'l see in a minute.
(79)
GOOD NIGHT.
OBED in her night-dress, little Jane Wright
Called out sweetly, “All friends, good-night.â€
“Good-night, birdie,’ her papa had said,
Kissing her cheek and patting her head.
“© Good-night, darling,†with gentle caress,
Came mamma’s kiss and sweet “God_ bless.â€
“Peekety, peekety, peep, peep, peep,â€
Whispered the chickies we thought asleep.
“Tiveet, tweet, twee, twee, twee,â€
Chirruped the birdie up on the tree.
“Twack, twack, tweek, tweek, tweek,â€
Answered the duckies close by the creek.
“Gobble, gobble, gubble, gubble, gubble,â€
Croaked the turkies half asleep in the stubble.
From doggie was heard a low “ Bow-wow,â€
And *Moo-0, moo-o,†called the barn-yard cow.
*Meouw, meouw,†moaned kittie, at rest on the mat,
Nursing her foot, just hurt in a trap.
“Trut, trut,†scolded old chanticleer ;
‘What does it mean! What all do I hear!â€
“How stupid you are,†said the hen by his side ;
Tis good-night that is said o’er the world far and wide.â€
“Oh! if that is the case, TIl say good-night too,â€
And, loud as he could, crowed, “ Cock-a-doodle-doo-o.â€
(80)
CWE
Bes good Santa Claus,
The girls, and we boys,
Are longing:for Christmas, which, no doubt, you know.
Still Pll send you a letter;
Could I only write better! —
But I promised, and back on my word I can’t go.
Of myself Pll not write, —
*Twere not meek nor polite;
But Pil tell you of some who friends greatly lack;
And I know that with you
Quite a small hint will do
To make you fill tighter and higher your pack.
There’s poor Willie Clickett,
Once smart as a cricket,
Now lame and bed-ridden for many a day;
To be happy he tries,
But with tears in his eyes
He whispers of pain, and I cease to feel gay.
(82)
A LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS.
Oh, please don’t forget
To stop there, and let
Some of your very best goods at their door.
Some little books, too,
Quite plain ones will do,
And Willie will read them, and wish there were more.
And poor ragged Dick,
And Annie who’s sick.
They live in the cottage just back of the mill.
Yowll see what they need,
I’m sure, for indeed —
Well, the nearest way for you is over the hill.
And there’s widow Blainie,
With little boy Jamie.
Their larder is'empty, and so is their bin.
She washes clothes and scrubs floors,
And Jamie does chores,
For they’re dreadfully poor —TI heard so from him.
They’ve never a mite,
From morning till night,
More than bread made of corn-meal and coffee of rye.
True, it keeps them from starving,
But they’ve never a farthing
Left them for extras after clothing they buy.
And, oh, I forgot!
Too bad, is it not?
There’s Davie and Jakie, Eugenie and Ben,
And Maggie, and Clara,
And Katie O’Hara,
And Alice and Zadie, all live in the glen.
(83)
“DO NOTES
They’re watching and waiting,
And much they are prating
Of Christmas, and all things that make it so gay;
Of sweetmeats and toys
That good Santa Claus
Has promised to bring them when once on his way.
Now, Vl only add here,
While the end I am near
Of my letter so lengthy, so faulty and bold,
That the land’s full of poor,
Along highway and moor,
Some hungry and starving, some freezing of cold.
Hearts aching with sorrow,
Awaiting the morrow
In garret and cellar of city and town;
Yow ’ll find them, I know,
In your rounds as you go.
Good-by, Santa Claus. DT’m your friend, Johnnie Brown.
““\H, me! howe’er will I live through this day,
With nothing to do, and nothing to play?â€
Said Robbie Fillhadden to Annie his sister,
On his forehead a bruise, on his finger a blister, —
Two mishaps resulting from broken commands,
Leaving time hanging heavier than lead on his hands.
He didn’t mean to be naughty, but, you see, he forgot.
Take warning, little friends, and obey the “do not.â€
(84)
ITTLE birdie on the
tree,
Won't: you sing a song
for me?
Sing a bit, sweet birdie,
do!
If Icould, I'd sing for you.
Birdie flying east and west,
Gathering scraps to build your nest,
Stop and sing, sweet birdie, do!
If I could, Pd sing for you.
Birdie, do not fly away;
Stay awhile, sweet birdie, stay.
Sing a song, oh, birdie, do!
If I could, Pd sing for you.
Ee A Sa
Fe
PEDDLER JIM.
“1 EG pardon, lone traveller, but who are you?
Where do you live? and what do you do?
What is your name? and what have you learned?
If you have a trade, what have you earned?â€
“Pil answer your questions, friend, one by one.
I live in Duluth, and there’s where ’m from.
Peddler Jim has long been my name,
And all my learning will never bring fame.
My trade is to carry around my wares,
And the little I earn is less than my cares.
Tve dry goods and groceries, I’ve sugar and salt,
T trade with the miller, ’ve corn-meal and malt;
(86)
BE GOOD.
I’ve needles and pins, towels, napkins, and hooks;
Tve pens and pencils, ink, paper, and books;
Cream-mugs and bowls, cups, saucers, and plates;
Pokers and tongs, stove-lifters and grates;
Buckets and baskets, foot-rests and chairs, —
Oh, ’'m a peddler with wonderful wares!
I carry them all in my wagon so trim, —
Then buy something, please, from poor peddler Jim!â€
BE GOOD.
OURNEYING onward through the years,
Speak with kindness, cause no tears;
Do some good along the way,
Do a little every day.
Never idle precious time,
Never grumble, scold or whine;
As far as earth is from the skies,
Above all petty quarrels rise.
At the failings of another,
Be it friend, or foe, or brother,
Never sneer, and ne’er deride,
Help the weak, and conquer pride.
Let no good by thee be marred,
Let no duty seem too hard.
Jn all things bravely do your best,
And then to God we'll leave the rest.
(87)
THE MOON.
, FUTILE standing here
upon the ground,
I see the moon so full and
round,
And wonder where it gets
the leght
With which it shines so
pretty-bright.
Some say the light comes from the sun.
Perhaps they say so just for fun;
But only wait till ?m a man:
PH then find out, sir,
(88)
if J can.
imynje [D*Gall.
Lee. likes apples and peaches
and pears;
But, lions and tigers, panthers and
bears!
I think of each one, I think of
them all,
When I think of the temper of
Jimmie McCall!
Meet little Jimmie whenever you
may, 7
In dull, rainy weather, or on a bright
day,
On the wide, level road, or up on
the hill,
in
phd! (an Eh or
ms A iv /
Or out at his home, or down in the mill.
You may speak with a smile, or speak with a frown,
Jimmie snaps his words back as cross as a clown.
Just see, when you meet him, friends one and all,
And yowll find I am right about Jimmie McCall.
(89)
DO YOUR BEST.
word, —
O your best, your very best,
Nor fear what others say;
Nor searching eye, nor critic’s
"Twill all come right some day.
Do your best, your very best,
No half-work ever pays.
Heed not the hint of weariness,
2g Be long or short the days.
and fret
aH ae
as O’er loss of time
undone,
That day you'll calmly sit and view
Your battle fought and won.
IM! bam! bum!
Johnnie plays the drum;
Willie plays the jews-harp,
And thinks it splendid fun.
Towser barks with all his might,
While kittie runs away in fright:
Bim! bam! bum!
(90)
Some day, when others mourn
and work
HREE little men
And one brave hen
Shouldered their guns for Charlton.
They were after the fox
That lived under the rocks
Close by the walls of Charlton.
“ Ho! ho!†sereamed the hen
To the three little men
While marching along to Charlton.
(91)
BABY DUNN.
“There, there, goes the fox;
Right there round the rocks
On that ledge near the walls of Charlton.
He stole my poor chicks!
Oh, his dreadful tricks
When he comes our way from Charlton!â€
BABY DUNN.
GUESS you’ve heard of baby Dunn,
Full of tricks and full of fun.
He learned to walk six months ago,
And daily toddles to and fro,
From room to room, through open doors,
O’er carpets soft, and bare, broad floors.
Step by step, up-stairs and down,
He climbs and creeps, with smile or frown.
(92)
LITTLE TILLY.
Then through the door, with face profound,
Close studying out, there on the ground,
A fly or beetle, worm or bug,
On grass as soft as Persian rug;
And there the culprit we discover,
Our darling pet, our recreant lover.
ITTLE Tilly,
Pulled a lily
From my garden bed ;
Little Jose
Plucked a rose,
With petals bright and red.
Little Tilly,
With her lily,
Looked very fair and sweet.
Little Jose,
With her rose,
Looked happy. bright and neat.
(933)
_ OW, listen my dears,†said
a wise mother mouse,
“Tm going to market, so don’t
leave the house.â€
A little old box was the house
which she meant,
Where they lived the vear through
without taxes or rent.
“'There’s danger abroad in many
a shape,
Which should you get near, you'll
never escape.
For instance, there’s always that
worrying cat,
She never sleeps
soundly,—and
then, —there’s the
=f _ o Fi
id Wa
ay
FRISKY AND FLOSSY.
“Two schemes of the envious housewife, you see,
To shorten the lives of you pets, and me.
The cat is much petted, and roams where she will,
And the trap with choice bait, sits under the sill.
* Besides, I’ve seen water and milk stand around,
Which, should you fall in you surely will drown.
But to name every danger would take me all day,
And the sun being high I must hurry away.
“Only heed what I’ve said, and rest at your ease,
While I go for some bread, some meat, and some cheese.’
She hurried away, but not without fears,
For she was a mouse of experience and years.
But Frisky was always inclined to be naughty,
Her mother, she said, “was too proud and haughty
To mix with the world, or chat with a neighbor,
Her life being nothing but worry and labor.â€
She yawned, and complained, she had nothing to do,
Said, “the day was too long to ever live through,â€
And begged of pet Flossy, her shy little sister,
So hard to go walking, she could not resist her.
“© Frisky! how can you!†grave Flaxy cried out,
And, through fright and vexation, jumped wildly about.
But Frisky and Flossy
were soon out of
sight,
Miey d hurry, they
said, “and get back
before night.â€
FRISKY AND FLOSSY.
They tripped along lightly, soon losing all
Nor ever once dream-
ing of danger quite
near.
“Oh, dear, what is
that?†Flossy sud-
a envy emes.
cat, — oh, what ter-
rible eyes.â€
They ran from her sight, and crept under the sill;
They’d stop awhile there and keep very still,
They said, “till that horrible, terrible cat
Should return to her sleep on the fire-hearth mat.â€
A long time they sat, two forlorn little mice;
Then Frisky said softly, “she smelt something nice,â€
And looking around saw the prettiest house,
“Just built,†she believed, “for some dear little mouse.â€
Then, carefully peeping, saw cheese hanging in it,
Which she was sure she could get in less than a minute.
“But, Frisky, you know, mother spoke of a trap,
And did she, I wonder, mean something like that?â€
Too late came the warning as in went her head,
And in less than a minute gay Frisky was dead.
Poor Flossy was dumb with fright and despair,
And thought she should die right then and there.
(96)
“Tm afraid its the
FRISKY AND FLOSSY.
Then, hearing a noise, started wildly for home, has
But soon lost her way and laid down to bemoan
Her own sad condition and poor Frisky’s fate;
Again the noise roused her but this time to late,
For kitty was watching this poor little mouse,
Who never got back to that cosey old house,
From which in the morning, so merry and gay,
Herself and bright Frisky had hurried away.
(QT)
THE ALARM.
OF morning in June I
fr saw a droll sight,
A whole flock of little birds,
all in a fright.
Each cunning little bird had some-
thing droll to say,
Wondering were it best to stop or
quickly fly away.
* Bobolink, Bobolink,
It?s a mink, it’s a mink!â€
“Keep clear, keep clear,
It’s a deer, it’s a deer!â€
DO SOMETHING GOOD TO-DAY.
“Tet us walk, let us walk,
It’s a hawk, its a hawk!â€
flvep. tis ty, let us, tly,
He'll be here by and by!â€
“Ho! ho!†called the sparrow,
© Where’s that boy with his arrow?
He could shoot the queer thing
While we’re on the wing.â€
“Caw, caw,†said the crow,
“T guess I know;
Caw, caw, caw;
It’s a straw, it’s a straw!â€
“Let us laugh, let us laugh,
Its a Cale aus) a calt
As sure as I see,â€
Said chick-a-dee-dee.
*TLet us bow, let us bow,
Tm sure its a cow,â€
Sneered the gay little robin,
His pretty head nodding.
Said the little brown wren,
ce thimlsamitge, 2 nena
And so it was,—a chicken sitting in the sun,
Had caused all the fright, or, if you choose, eall it fun.
D° something good to-day, my dears;
Do something good and kind;
And in the memories of the years
Yow ll something pleasant find.
(99)
SANTA CLAUS IN TROUBLE.
OW very much Tye wondered,
And o’er the problem pondered,
While busy with my toys:
Tf I should once grow sick or numb,
Whatever could, or would, become
Of all the girls and boys.
Without a Christmas they can’t live,
So Santa Claus must work and give;
But, oh, my labor’s ponderous!
My wares, to gratify and please,
To give youth joy, and parents ease,
Must be both good and wondrous.
Rushing flood and wildest panic,
Which startle banker and mechanic,
Dare never make me quail;
For not a girl, nor any boys
Could hold esteem for Santa Claus,
If once his funds should fail.
But I am growing old, my dears,
And cares increasing with the years
That multiply so fast.
When I was young I took my ease,
The children few, nor hard to please,
How different was the past!
(100)
SANTA CLAUS IN. TROUBLE.
(101)
SANTA CLAUS IN TROUBLE.
I’m busy now, both day and night;
I plan and work with all my might
From one year to another.
I’ve journeymen and prentice too, —
A helpful and industrious crew,
Who work like bees together.
Tye many shops in every land
Where busy head and busy hand
Fashion toys and fabrics rare.
I’ve ships in sail on every sea,
That bring the precious goods to me
Through all weather, foul and fair.
On Christmas eve I'd ne’er get through
But for the help of another crew,
Who work with heart and hand:
Some on teams, with coal and with wood,
Others on foot with baskets of food,
Hurry along over the land.
They hunt up the needy and starving poor,
Whom I, in my haste, from door to door
By chance may overlook:
Making no noise for the world to hear,
They throw in a smile and word of cheer
With here a toy, and there a book.
And of such help I need much more,
A fact I’ve hinted oft before
In sermon, prayer, and book;
(102)
OUR LITTLE DOG NIP.
And here announce my need again,
As I, with worried thought and pain
Survey the grim outlook,
Of thousands with no Jaid-up stores.
Oh, cruel fate! as near their doors
The wolf of hunger draws!
Then help me, all ye wise and good,
And endless, boundless gratitude
Is yours, from Santa Claus.
4
V4 , oe little dog Nip
ie \, And his friend little Tip
3 \ Get alone very well till
eating-time comes.
Then Nip gets cross,
And wants to be boss,
And claims for himself all
the meat and the bones.
And poor little Tip
Can't even haye a sip
Of some milk, quite near on that platter.
Nip threatens and growls,
And bites Tip till he howls,
And people cry, “Oh, what’s the matter ?â€
(103)
THE DISTRESSED OWL.
N owl was complaining one night in the dark,
And said he wished he could sing like a lark.
The people all shudder, and say “Oh, that owl!â€
Whenever I sing —and all the dogs growl.
(104)
THE DISTRESSED OWL.
Tu-whit, tu-whoo-o,
Now what would you do-oo,
If you were an ow! and I were you-oo?
Tu-whit, tu-whoo-oo-o!
The chickens all shiver, so P’ve been told,
And the quite little lambs, the pets of the fold,
Tremble, and quake, and bleat, it is said,
As if they were far less alive than dead.
Tu-whit, tu-whoo-o!
Now, what slrall I do-oo?
I wish you were me, and I could be you-oo!
Tu-whit, tu-whoo-oo-o!
The tree-frogs croak, and the katy-dids fuss,
And indeed there is always a general muss
And outcry against me, from east and from west,
Whenever I sing to my pets in the nest.
Tu-whit, to-whoo-o,
Now what can I do-o0?
As you cannot be me, and I can’t be you-oo!
Tu-whit, tu-whoo-oo-o!
I croon out as well as I can my sad song,
To cheer my darlings as night moves along.
But sing as I may, still people cry out,
Whate’er can that stupid old bird be about?
Tu-whit, tu-whoo-o,
I wish it, I do-oo,
That you were an owl, and I were you.
Ttt-whit, tu-whoo-oo-o!
(105)
Sl
HE evening sky is golden,
The sun is going down;
vy And Winkie Wee, the sandman,
Is passing through the town.
He stops at all the houses; ; aa
He enters every door; 3 ae
Yet ne’er is heard a footfall eee et Men.
Nor sound upon the floor. il \ ay R
Dd hul
On every little eyelid
He drops some grains of sand;
And soon it seems as if a cloud
Were shadowing the :
land,
Mi
|
il
i
ae
ae sh
Sa,
As heavy grow the eyelids,
And duller grows the play;
And from the daytime pleasures
They sternly turn away.
(106)
WINKTE WEE.
And soon on chair and sofa
Nou see. 4a oy. or, curl:
! = YESH M9 pe Seon * ss ety ‘
As if ’twere kitty lying there
With limbs all in a curl.
Then hurries nurse or mamma,
From upstairs coming down,
And laughing, say, “ah! Winkie Wee’s
rT ~ 2 . b ry 2?
Been going through the town.
And waking up the sleepy ones,
Who rub their eyes till red,
Each helpless little bundle
Is hurried off to bed.
Then prayers soft repeated,
And tucked in cosey gown,
Soon each is soundly sleeping,
And Winkie leaves the town.
i
i
CHILD'S SONG.
THOUSAND little streamlets,
A thousand little rills,
Are running down the mountains,
Are running down the hills.
Hurry little streamlets,
Hurry little rills;
Hurry down the mountains
Hurry down the hills.
A. thousand little raindrops
Falling from the sky;
Patter, patter, drop, drop,
On the ground so dry.
Patter little raindrops,
Falling from the sky;
Patter, patter, drop, drop,
On the ground so dry.
A thousand little sunbeams,
Sparkling, sparkling bright;
Coming from so far away
Bringing us the light.
Sparkle little sunbeams,
Sparkle, sparkle bright;
Coming from so far away
Bringing us the light.
(108)
CLICKETY, CLICKETY, CLICKETY, CLACK.
A thousand little dewdrops
Glittering on the flowers;
Coming with the nightfall
In the evening hours.
Glitter little dewdrops
Glitter on the flowers;
Fast your beauty fades away
In the morning hours.
A. thousand little children
Hurrying off to school;
Learning well each lesson,
Obeying every rule.
Hurry little children,
Hurry on to school;
Never fail in lessons,
Never break a rule.
~ LICKETY, clickety, clickety, clack!
The goose is screaming, and the duck calls quack.
Clickety, clickety, clickety, clack;
Alas, alas, alas and alack!
My eggs are stolen, cried the little brown hen,
And they'll never, I know, be brought back again.
Clickety, clickety, clickety, clack!
Alas, alas, alas and alack!
Our eggs, when stolen, never get back;
Clickety, clickety, clickety clack!
(109)
WO little robins sitting on a tree,
As happy as any two birdies could be
A thoughtless boy, passing, threw up a stone,
Then one sad little bird flew off alone.
Oh, naughty boy, naughty boy, what have you done!
Think of that poor little bird flying home
To its motherless ones, in that now stricken nest,
To cuddle them under its sorrowful breast.
Ah! have you no pity, and ne’er any love
For the dear, helpless birdies, cheering arbor and grove?
They brighten our pathway with flight and with song,
And ne’er half, as you, have they ever done wrong.
You've destroyed, as it were, a flash of earth’s light!
You’ve covered that nest with a shadow of night.
Think of it, naughty boy, think what you’ve done,
And run away fast as you can, to your home.
(110)
BABY.
LITTLE round face
With two bright eyes,
Which almost shut.
When baby cries.
A. little round face,
With a wee, wee nose,
To smell the pink,
And the sweet, sweet rose.
A. little round face,
With two red lips,
‘With which she smiles,
And sweet tea sips.
A little round face,
With a dear little chin,
As white as can be,
And a dimple in.
aay
EARLY SPRING.
These pretty brown eyes,
Mouth, chin and nose,
Baby takes with °her
Wherever she goes.
HARLY SPRING.
ce is up at rise of sun,
The birds are on the wing,
The bees are humming as they fly,
For it is early spring.
Early spring, early spring,
Still hums the busy bee,
Early spring, early spring,
Says the chick-a-dee.
Early spring, early spring,
Hints the crocus nodding;
Karly spring, early spring,
The gardner’s busy sodding.
arly spring, early spring,
Things are fresh and growing;
The farmer ploughs the mellow ground
Ready for the sowing.
Early spring, early spring,
God’s goodness sends it here;
He never fails these precious boons,
The seasons of the year.
(112)
KITTY WHITENOS
ERH’S a queer little story I once heard or dreamed,
Or, well, no matter which, but droll and strange it
seemed.
Not of ghouls, and fairies, giant Jacks and all that,
But simply the woes of an old mother cat.
(113)
KITTY WHITENOSE.,
She lived in a mill, full three stories high,
And there, in the garret, half-way to the sky,
She hid in a corner her kitties three;
Such kitties for beauty ’twas rare to see.
But uncertain joys, and a great many woes,
Made life a great care to Kitty Whitenose,
That was the name of this wonderful cat,
Her nose being white as the miller’s hat.
She tried her very best to lead a good life
While she caught rats and mice, and kept out of strife.
But a grief weighed her down, —a shadow of il,
As she hunted for prey, or dozed in the mill.
Experience and wrong having made kitty wise,
She was seen one day thinking and winking her eyes,
Then jumped from the barrel on which she had sat
With mind fully made up, —a determined cat.
While the miller sat dozing that eve in his chair,
A speech like the following came to his ear:
‘Mr. Miller, my grief is making me bold,
And I can’t eat or sleep, till my trouble I’ve told.
“Out there in the mill-dam, again and again —
Oh, the thought should bring tears to your eyes like rain—
Youve drowned my poor pets by two’s and by three’s;
Since the first cruel act ve never known ease.
“With their faint plaintive mews sounding still in my ear,
I’m filled with forebodings, and trembling with fear
For the beautiful darlings, those kitties, three,
In the earret asleep, belonging to me.
fan} ? oO oO
(114)
KITTY WHITENOSE.
* Now, tell me, good man, what, under the sun,
I could ever have said, failed in, or done,
To make you so hard and cruel to me?
I put the case strongly, but then, don’t you see
“IT could serve you much better, and work with more cheer,
Might my kitties but live, and I bring them down here!
Oh, for once in your life be good to me,
And spare me my darlings, my kitties, three.â€
The miller awoke and stood up on the floor,
Just as kitty was hurrying out of the door.
Dear me, have I dreamed, or what can it be!
I thought that old cat was talking to me!
(115)
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON’S HOT.
More troubled and anxious grew kitty each day,
And finally hid her three darlmgs away
Where the miller, I know, had he hunted around
A week in that mill, could never have found.
So, the kitties lived on and grew fat as snails;
They secampered about and played with their tails.
They dined every day on very choice rat,
Each kitty becoming in time a fine cat.
Some TRIKE while the iron’s hot, my man,
Strike while the iron’s hot ;
He who lacks the will or nerve,
Lives through a weary lot.
Strike while the iron’s hot, my man;
Act out the sudden thought,
Nor lag while chance or time’s at
hand,
Quick show some good work wrought.
Then strike while the iron’s hot,
Strike quick and true the blow
That shapes thy work, that shapes thy life,
And into master workman grow.
(116)
dele.
f ) He 4
h fas
ya all <2
ie aes
A :
es
eyRAY, what’s in your basket
Little girl, may I ask it,
As youre hurrying away from the town?
Ah, there is m my basket,
A beautiful casket,
With jewels more precious than all the queen’s crown:
Gifts from grandmother
To me and to brother;
Two Bibles, gilt-edged, and covered with brown.
That is what’s in my basket;
And indeed you may ask it,
And look at them, too, if you'll come and sit down.
(117)
NY
AA Wh og
IM, ham,
Hum, hum;
Tin pan
And kettle-drum.
Josie and John, two little boys,
Were bound to fill the world with noise.
Him, ham,
Hum hun;
Harry ran
To see the fun.
Joe Green brought his horn, and Will McAfee,
Came rushing along the fun to see.
Dan Ort hurried out with an old violin,
Then such a noise, and such a din,
(118)
THE HOLIDAY.
I give you my word,
Was never heard
In that town before;
And at every door,
Flushed and _ flurried,
People stood worried.
“Is’t the Fourth of Juiy?â€
Asked little Jane Fry.
“Oh, no; I guess not,
The weather ain’t hot,â€
Said Annie McNight,
Who was making a kite
For her baby brother,
Who flew to his mother,
When he heard the noise
Of those fun-loving boys.
“Well, well, I declare!â€
Said Grandmother Dare.
*Oh me, what a racket!â€
Said Grandpa Sacket.
“JT ean’t stand this,â€
Said old Mother Bliss.
So good Aunt Jane
Drove them out in the lane,
Those thoughtless boys,
With their racket and noise;
And there they had fun
"Till set of sun;
And they were heard to say—
Each single one —
"Twas the grandest day
They ever had known.
G19)
HOW LONG TO SLEEP.
: WANT to sleep full four hours long,â€
Said little Willie Neven.
“Oh, dear,†said Johnnie Ermentrout,
“T want to sleep full seven.â€
“Not long enough for me are four,
Nor yet indeed are seven;
But add them all together, sirs,
And I will sleep eleven.
“Hleven hours for sleep,†said Bennie,
* And one for meals each day;
And then you find enough are left,
Still twelve, for school and play.
“Pm greatly puzzled as I think
The matter gravely o’er,
What can you do with all the rest
If you will sleep but four.â€
To bed wise Bennie went at eight,
And slept all night till seven;
And if we count the hours between,
We'll find he slept eleven.
And Bennie had not claimed too much,
For you and I both know,
That children must have sleep enough
If they would healthy grow.
(120)
LITTLE mouse
At our house,
I tell you this for fun, —
Ran out to see
The bumble-bee
Playing on the drum.
The bumble-bee was humming;
He never called it drumming;
Soon the frightened little mouse
Ran back into the house,
Because it saw old kitty coming.
(121)
ALWAYS say good-morning;
Say it with a smile,
Let at least a friendly look
Be on your face the while.
A cheery, hearty greeting
Of good-morning as you meet
A. friend or fellow-worker
In passing down the street,
Js quite an inspiration,
And brightens up the day,
And helps to smooth the roughness
We find along the way.
Then, always say good-morning;
Say it with a will;
Should any fail to answer,
Say good-morning still.
WISTUM, twatum, tweetum, twee ;
Winakum, wanakum, come to me,
Come to me with all your troubles,
Pl blow them off like little bubbles.
Then twistum, twatum, tweetum, twee :
Winakum, wanakum, come to me.
C22)
BY E-LO-LAND.
HIS rocker’s the boat, and we’re sailing away
O’er river and lake and silver bay;
And soon it will reach the shining strand
That lines the shores of Bye-Lo-Land.
Bye-Lo-Land, sweet Bye-Lo-Land,
That lines the shores of Bye-Lo-Land.
We're sailing away, away, away,
We're sailing away to Bye-Lo-Land.
Forgetting all trouble, forgetting all care,
We're sailing away to that land so fair,
Where there’s never a sorrow, and never a frown,
Where the shining sun never goes down,
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(123)
WE TOOK A WALK.
In Bye-Lo-Land, sweet Bye-Lo-Land,
The sun ne’er sets in Bye-Lo-Land.
We're sailing away, away, away,
We're sailing away to Bye-Lo-Land.
Soon darling will step on that beautiful shore,
Where, joined by babies, a dozen or more,
They'll pick up pebbles, and pluck bright flowers,
And the minutes will change to golden hours,
In Bye-Lo-Land, sweet Bye-Lo-Land,
To golden hours in Bye-Lo-Land.
We're sailing away, away, away,
We're sailing away to Bye-Lo-Land.
WE TOOK A WALK.
(See Frontispiece.)
E took a walk one morning,
My wee, wee friend and 1,
Ten million little jewels
Had fallen from the sky!
Returning we would get some;
Alas, they all were gone!
The fairy little sunbeams
Had taken every one!
Every little jewel,
Scattered far and nigh,
On sparkling little sunbeams,
Wad gone back to the sky!
(124)
UT-cut-a-ca-dasket!
Little girl bring your basket.
Pve laid you an ege for Haster-
day.
Hurry, quick, and take it away.
Cut-cut-a-ca-dasket!
Hurry, little girl, with your bas-
ket.
The little boy peeping round the
barn
Is up to a trick, or means some
harm.
He'll take the ege and hide it
away,
With a dozen more, for Haster-day.
Cut-cut-a-ca-dasket!
Hurry, little girl, with your basket.
Qe kindly speech may linger long,
This truth still plainer grows:
That angry words outlive the kind,
As thorns outlive the rose.
(125)
Se au
eommute WATT,
on
THE DISAGREEMENT.
EIGH, ho! heigh ho!
Now where will we go,
This beautiful summer day?
To the woods; there’s a spring,
And near it a swing,
Then up and away, away.
Heigh, ho! heigh, ho!
No, no; no, no;
Not into the woods to-day;
But down to the run
For there we'll have fun,
Bathing, and splashing the spray.
Heigh, ho! heigh, ho!
No, no; no, no;
Not down to the run to-day;
But out to the creek,
Let us hurry off quick,
We'll sail our boats, —then away!
(126)
ONE SUNSHINY DAY.
But they could not agree
Where to gu, you see,
That beautiful summer day.
They were cross and unkind,
And pouted and whined,
"Till the sunshine and beauty had all passed away.
ONE SUNSHINY DAY.
Our cat and dog Tray
poo Viet ot for a) walls
com
a together.
The dog chased a rabbit,
For such was his habit,
While puss stopped to play with a feather.
The rabbit leaped away,
So doggie lost his prey,
And the wind blew off kittie’s feather.
"Tet us go home,†said dog Tray.
“Yes, let us hurry away,â€
Said puss; “there’s a change mm the weather.â€
(127)
THE FOX STOLE A GOOSE.
HE fox stole a goose and ran off to the wood,
Saying, low to himself, “won’t my dinner be good!â€
But soon a sharp pain, and a queer sounding snap,
Made him moan as he found himself fast in a trap.
Ah, but we pity him now, for it’s his nature, you know,
A roaming, and hunting, and pilfering to go.
We wish the poor fellow could now be let loose;
And we wish too he never had stolen that goose.
He’s quick and industrious, he’s sharp and he’s shrewd,
And I’m inclined to believe he’d work if he could;
(128)
FEED THE HELPLESS BIRDIES.
But he cannot be useful, he doesn’t know how.
He can never haul wood, nor draw forward the plough.
The people feed horses, and cows, and the ox,
But no one e’er thinks of feeding the fox.
So all that remains, and it’s not hard of belief,
Is for the poor fox to turn into a thief.
FEED THE HELPLESS BIRDIES.
EED the helpless birdies
On a winter day,
Feed the little darlings,
Don’t drive one away.
Here’s a little sparrow,
And there another comes,
And there’s a chick-a-dee;
Make haste and scatter crumbs.
The air is very frosty,
While snow is on the ground;
Then quickly scatter crumbs,
All round, and round, and round.
(129)
THE SQUIRREL. -
OW, dear little squirrel, what is it you eat,
Bread, butter and pies, or potatoes and meat?
If so, who cooks the food, Mrs. Squirrel, or you?
Do tell me, I’m anxious to know how you do,
Out there in the woods, in that hole in the tree.
If I thought you would let me, ’d come out and see.
* Ha, ha, ha; he, he; ho, ho, ho! What do I eat?
Why, any way, never potatoes and meat!
And dear Mrs. Squirrel’s not troubled with cooking.
But call out and see, if you think it worth looking,
To learn how we live.†Rut-a-tut; rut-a-tut-tut;
The squirrel had stopped to crack a choice nut.
Ah, ha! I know now, Mr. Squirrel so sly,
That you never eat meat or bread, now I know why;
And why you like best living there in the wood,
Where you have all the nuts you can wish for your food.
Well, well, little friend, I'll come out and see,
But I hope you will leave just a few nuts for me.
(130)
THE FAMILY CLOCK.
TATELY in that corner stands,
With honest face and busy hands,
The family clock,—for years has stood,
In self-same tone and changeless mood,
Ticking on,—through every change,
Heeding nought, however strange.
(131)
THE FAMILY CLOCK.
Ticking on, through grief and mirth,
Ticking on, through death and birth;
Ticking, ticking, night and day,
Ticking, ticking, time away.
Never hasting, never resting,
Nought thy diligence molesting.
Through winter’s gloom, and summer’s shine,
Attesting still the flight of time.
Telling high and tellmg low,
Telling all who come and’ go —
Life is short and time is fleeting;
This alone thine only greeting.
Ticking, tickmg, night and day,
Ticking, ticking, time away.
Years agone, in infancy,
A thing of life thou seemed to me.
Hushed me into silent wonder;
Left my infant wit to ponder,
As loud and clear from day to day
I heard thee toll the hours away.
In childhood’s years I scanned thy face,
And learned thereon the hours to trace,
(Questioning if from elf or fairy,
Came the tone that would not vary.
Ticking, ticking, night and day,
Ticking, ticking, time away.
(132)
THREE LITTLE GOSLINGS.
HREB little goslings,
‘Woolly and round,
Rolled from their prison-shells
On to the ground.
Patient mother goose
Gazed in surprise;
Braye father goose
Looked very wise.
ONE DAY LiTTLE JOHNNIE.
The three little goslings
Stared at the sun,
Then hurried to the creek,
Each dear little one.
Mother goose followed,
Father goose, too,
Down to the creek.
What else could they do?
And there they are yet,
Those five, as you see:
Father goose, mother goose,
And little goslings three.
NE day little Johnnie was working hard,
(-) To haul the stones from his father’s yard.
The yard was large, but the walk was narrow,
And Johnnie upset his little wheelbarrow.
Up, up, little boy, don’t mind the mishap,
Brush off the dust and put on your cap.
One after another, load after load,
And soon all the stones will lie out in the road.
(134)
CAN-AND-WILL AND CAN-BUT-WON’T!
A strangely different pair!
Whoever else you fail to find,
Yowll meet them everywhere.
Can-and-will is brave and bright.
“I can because I will,†says he;
“At least, V1 try with all my might,
Where’er I am, on land or sca.â€
3
Can-but-won’t might say the same,
And always do as well and quick,
But will not try, and does not care,
And duty shirks by twist and trick.
(135)
a ~sallhrreth i |
ST
IDING on a rail-car,
Choo, choo, choo!
Going to see auntie,
How do you do, do, do?
Riding on a rail-car,
Oh, how fast we go!
Now we're near the station,
And we're going slow.
Now the journey’s ended,
We had a pleasant ride;
Everybody happy,
And not a baby cried.
(136)
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