Gordon, Katherine Parker, Mother · Boston : J. Munroe · leaf 41
HE FLOWERS. A CHILD was in the garden gay,Alone amid the flowers, at play.He loved the flowers; to him they grewLike friends and lovers, for but fewCompanions had this little child,And they his lonely hours beguiled.At last in weariness he laidHimself to sleep in the cool shade.And brightest dreams… … SONG OF THE FLOWERS. 31 In beauty and in loveliness,Our gentle boy to cheer.We live beneath this suny sky,To bless him ere we fade and die. Let us unfold to him sweet thoughts, To him bright lessons give,That he may follow wisdoms light, And learn the way to live ;And so fulfil his destiny.Ere he…
Children's poetry, American · Children in literature
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