Poems

A Little Prayer

Our Father who art in heaven, We thank Thee for Thy care, And all the blessings Thou hast given We would with others share.

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A Hint

Margaret E. Sangster

If only you'll think of it, dearie, When people are vexing and rude, And be pleasant for two, When one's scolding at you, You will conquer the contrary mood.

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Light

W. B. T.

All mundane ties bide here their hour and go,And earthly friendships find their eventide; Life's sun, to seeming, sets on all below, Yet shines again, with shadows scattered wide.

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In storied Venice, down whose rippling streetsThe stars go hurrying and the white moon beats,Stood the great Bell Tower, fronting seas and skies—Fronting the ages, drawing all men's eyes;Rooted like Teneriffe, aloft and proud.

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"Count the sheep and Go to Sleep"

Josephine Dodge Daskam

As soon as the fire burns red and low,And the house up-stairs is still, She sings me a queer little sleepy song, Of sheep that go over the hill.

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What Time is It?

Anon

Time to do well ; time to live better; Give up grudge, answer that letter; Speak that kind word to sweeten a sorrow, Do that good deed you would leave till to-morrow.

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A Gleam

ANNIE THERESA JONES.

Far away to westward glowingJust a tiny ray,But enough to guide me safelyHome, at close of day.

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The Miner's Little Daughter

Anon

My father dear works in the mines,Down in the tunnels dark.

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The Song and the Deed

Benjamin R. Bulkeley

There was never a song that was sung by thee,But a sweeter one was meant to be.

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The Child in the Garden

Henry Van Dyke with contributions from Phillips Brooks, Ernest Renan

When to the garden of untroubled thoughtI came of late, and saw the open door,And wished again to enter, and exploreThe sweet, wild ways with stainless bloom inwrought,And bowers of innocence with beauty fraught,It seemed some purer voice must speak beforeI dared to tread that garden loved of yore,That Eden lost unknown and found unsought.