her knitting, X.EQEJND IJM KNOWST thou, Gretchen, how it happens That the dear ones die ?God walks daily in his garden While the sun shines high :In that garden there are roses Beautiful and bright,And he gazes round, delighted With the lovely sight.If he marks one gayly blooming, Than the rest… … Jj THE OLD TREE. OLD tree, how low you seem to stoop,How much your trunk is bent; Why do nt you make a rise, and growUp straight, as you were meant ? And then the young boy thought he heard The old tree sigh, Too late !When I was young it was the time To come and bend me straight. 204 HOME SONGS,…
Children's poetry
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