Gordon, Katharine Parker, Mother · Boston : Samuel G. Simpkins · leaf 98
other sleep in quiet,Although 1 often make a riot.But O, all others far above,I do my mother fondly love;And my dear father, whom I greet,Ahvays, with a smile most sweet.But all strangers, great and small,I m sure I cannot love at all. And now, my Cara, I must sayFarewell, I 11 write another… … ( 96 THE BIRTH DAY. It is thy birth day, dearest ! Without a cloud or frown,The earth is smiling sweetly, As the sunshine cometh down. All things look bright and happy, On this thy natal day,And may it be an emblem Of thine own earthly way. Oh 1 may thy sky be stainless, No sin be written…
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