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every one she met�察�and some people thought her crazy�察�but others
gave her kind answers。 Have you perhaps guessed that the young
Child whom the Three Kings sought was our Lord himself��
People told Babouscka how He was born in a manger�察�and many other
things which you children have learned long ago。 These answers
puzzled the old dame mightily。 She had but one idea in her
ignorant head。 The Three Kings had gone to seek a Baby。 She
would�察�if not too late�察�seek Him too。
She forgot�察�I am sure�察�how many long years had gone by。 She
looked in vain for the Christ´child in His manger´cradle。 She
spent all her little savings in toys and candy so as to make
friends with little children�察�that they might not run away when
she came hobbling into their nurseries。
Now you know for whom she is sadly seeking when she pushes back
the bed´curtains and bends down over each baby's pillow。
Sometimes�察�when the old grandmother sits nodding by the fire�察�and
the bigger children sleep in their beds�察�old Babouscka comes
hobbling into the room�察�and whispers softly�察 �Is the young Child
here�拭�
Ah�察�no�察�she has come too late�察�too late。 But the little children
know her and love her。 Two thousand years ago she lost the
chance of finding Him。 Crooked�察�wrinkled�察�old�察�sick and sorry��
she yet lives on�察�looking into each baby's facealways
disappointed�察�always seeking。 Will she find Him at last��
Come�察�Bossy�察�come Bossy� �Here I am with my cup��
Come give me some milk�察�rich and sweet。
I will pay you well with red clover hay��
The nicest you ever did eat。
DAISIES。
Daisies��
Low in the grass and high in the clover��
Starring the green earth over and over��
Now into white waves tossing and breaking��
Like a foaming sea when the wind is waking��
Now standing upright�察�tall and slender��
Showing their deep hearts' golden splendor��
Daintily bending��
Airily lending
Garlands of flowers for earth's adorning��
Fresh with the dew of a summer morning��
High on the slope�察�low in the hollow��
Where eye can reach or foot can follow��
Shining with innocent fearless faces
Out of the depths of lonely places��
Till the glad heart sings their praises
Here are the daisies��
The daisies��
Daisies��
See them ebbing and flowing��
Like tides with the full moon going��
Spreading their generous largess free
For hand to touch and for eye to see��
In dust of the wayside growing��
On rock´ribbed upland blowing��
By meadow brooklets glancing��
On barren fields a´dancing��
Till the world forgets to burrow and grope�察 �
And rises aloft on the wings of hope��
Oh� �of all posies�察 �
Lilies or roses��
Sweetest or fairest�察 �
Richest or rarest��
That earth in its joy to heaven upraises��
Give me the daisies��
Why�拭 �For they glow with the spirit of youth��
Their beautiful eyes have the glory of truth��
Down before all their rich bounty they fling
Free to the beggar�察�and free to the king
Loving they stoop to the lowliest ways��
Joyous they brighten the dreariest days��
Under the fringe of their raiment they hide
Scars the gray winter hath opened so wide��
Freely and brightly
Who can count lightly
Gifts with such generous ardor proffered��
Tokens of love from such full heart's offered��
Or look without glances of joy and delight
At pastures star´covered from morning till night��
When the sunshiny field ablaze is
With daisies��
Daisies��
Your praise is��
That you are like maidens�察�as maidens should be��
Winsome with freshness�察�and wholesome to see��
Gifted with beauty�察�and joy to the eye��
Head lifted daintilyyet not too high
Sweet with humility�察�radiant with love��
Generous too as the sunshine above��
Swaying with sympathy�察�tenderly bent
On hiding the scar and on healing the rent��
Innocent´looking the world in the face��
Yet fearless with nature's own innocent grace��
Full of sweet goodness�察�yet simple in art��
White in the soul�察�and pure gold in the heart
Ah�察�like unto you should all maidenhood be
Gladsome to know�察�and most gracious to see��
Like you�察�my daisies��
M。 E。 B
Sing a song of sixpence��
A pocket full of rye��
Four´and´twenty blackbirds
Baked into a pie。
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing。
Wasn't that a dainty dish
To set before the King��
The King was in the parlor
Counting out his money��
The Queen was in the kitchen
Eating bread and honey��
The maid was in the garden
Hanging up the clothes��
There came a little blackbird
And picked off her nose。
DRIVING HOME THE COWS。
Out of the clover and blue´eyed grass��
He turned them into the river lane��
One after another he let them pass��
Then fastened the meadow bars again。
Along by the willows and over the hill
He patiently followed their sober pace
The merry whistle for once was still
And something shadowed the sunny face。
Only a boy�察�and his father had said
He never could let his youngest go��
Two already were lying dead
Under the feet of the trampling foe。
But�察�after the evening work was done��
And the frogs were loud in the meadow swamp��
Over his shoulder he slung his gun
And stealthily followed the footpath damp。
Across the clover and through the wheat��
With resolute heart and purpose grim��
Though cold was the dew on his hurrying feet��
And the blind bat's flitting startled him。
Thrice since then have the lanes been white
And the orchards sweet with apple bloom��
And now when the cows came back at night
The feeble father drove them home��
For news had come to the lonely farm
That three were lying where two had lain��
And the old man's tremulous�察�palsied arm
Could never lean on a son's again。
The summer day grew cool and late��
He went for the cows when his work was done��
But down the lane�察�as he opened the gate��
He saw them coming�察�one by one。
Brindle and Ebony�察�Speckle and Bess��
Tossing their horns in the evening wind��
Cropping the buttercups out of the grass��
But who was it following close behind��
Loosely swung in the idle air
The empty sleeve of army blue��
And worn and pale through its crisped hair
Looked out a face that the father knew。
For Southern prisons will sometimes yawn
And yield their dead to life again�察 �
And the day that comes with a cloudy dawn
In golden glory at last may wane。
The great tears sprang to their meeting eyes��
For the hearts must speak when the lips are dumb��
And under the silent evening skies
Together they followed the cattle home。
KATE PUTNAM OSGOOD。
To and fro��
See us go��
Up so high��
Down so low��
Now quite fast��
Now real slow。
Singing��
Swinging��
This is the way��
to get
fresh air
In a
pleasant
way。
THE BABY'S KISS。
AN INCIDENT OF THE CIVIL WAR。
Rough and ready the troopers ride��
Pistol in holster and sword by side��
They have ridden long�察�they have ridden hard��
They are travel´stained and battle´scarred��
The hard ground shakes with their martial tramp��
And coarse is the laugh of the men of the camp。
They reach the spot where a mother stands
With a baby shaking its little hands��
Laughing aloud at the gallant sight
Of the mounted soldiers�察�fresh from the fight。
The captain laughs out�察 �I will give you this��
A bright piece of gold�察�your baby to kiss。;
;My darling's kisses cannot be sold��
But gladly he'll kiss a soldier bold。;
He lifts up the babe with a manly grace��
And covers with kisses its smiling face。
Its rosy cheeks and its dimpled charms��
And it crows with delight in the soldier's arms。
;Not all for the captain�察─�the troopers call��
;The baby�察�we know�察�has a kiss for all。;
To each soldier's breast the baby is pressed
By the strong rough men�察�and kissed and caressed。
And louder it laughs�察�and the lady's face
Wears a mother's smile at the fond embrace。
;Just such a kiss�察─�cried one warrior grim��
;When I left my boy I gave to him�察�
;And just such a kiss on the parting day��
I gave to my girl as asleep she lay。;
Such were the words of these soldiers brave��
And their eyes were moist when the kiss they gave。
ANON。
;Baa�察�baa�察�black sheep�察�have you any wool�拭─�
;Yes sir�察�yes sir three bags full��
One for my master and one for my dame��
And one for the little boy who lives in the lane。
Tommy Bangs looks quite smart��
Driving along in his new goat cart��
But Tommy's not one of your selfish boys��
With every baby he shares his joys��
Takes them to ride and lets them drive��
Of course�察�they like Tommy
The best boy alive。
THE LOST DIAMOND SNUFF BOX。
The grand old kingdom of England�察�in the course of the mossy
centuries you can count over its head�察�has had its times of gloom
and depression at dangers that looked near�察�and its times of
shouting and rejoicing over dangers its brave men have driven
away quite out of sight again。
One of the deepest seasons of gloom was when the French Emperor��
Napoleon�察�had conquered one country