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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

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