initial commit of ebook 12007HEADmain

1 files changed, 2624 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/12007.txt b/12007.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7a2778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/12007.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2624 @@
+The Project Gutenberg EBook of Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories
+by Wm. Crosby And H.P. Nichols
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+
+Title: Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories
+
+Author: Wm. Crosby And H.P. Nichols
+
+Release Date: April 12, 2004 [EBook #12007]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ASCII
+
+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUSIN HATTY'S HYMNS ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by Internet Archive; University of Florida, and the Online
+Distributed Proofreading Team.
+
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: BOOK COVER.]
+
+
+
+
+[Illustration: MOTHER BIRDS.]
+
+
+
+
+COUSIN HATTY'S
+
+HYMNS
+
+AND
+
+TWILIGHT STORIES.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+BOSTON:
+
+
+
+
+1851.
+
+
+
+
+PREFACE.
+
+
+Most of the simple verses which compose this volume were written for a
+very dear child, with no thought beyond her gratification. They are
+published at the request of friends, with the hope that other children
+may derive the same pleasure from them as the little one for whom they
+were first intended.
+
+_Boston, Dec. 4, 1850._
+
+
+
+
+CONTENTS.
+
+
+ 1. THE FIRST HYMN
+ 2. MORNING HYMN
+ 3. EVENING HYMN
+ 4. CROSS LOOKS
+ 5. SELFISHNESS
+ 6. THE CAT
+ 7. STUDY FIRST
+ 8. THE BABY
+ 9. I AM HAPPY WHEN I DO RIGHT
+10. THE BEGGAR GIRL
+11. THE GIRL WHO WOULD NOT BE WASHED
+12. THE SPIDER
+13. MORNING HYMN
+14. EVENING HYMN
+15. THE LAUNCH
+16. SUNDAY
+17. THE MEDDLESOME CHILD
+18. GOD SEES ME ALWAYS
+19. THE ARK AND THE DOVE
+20. THE BEE
+21. SUNDAY
+22. THE PLEASANT WORLD
+23. SAMUEL
+24. THE BIRD'S NEST
+25. GOD LOVES US
+26. MOSES
+27. ANGER
+28. WHAT THE BIRDS SAY
+29. THE MONKEY
+30. THE SHEEP IN HEAVEN
+31. TWILIGHT
+32. THE WRONG STORY
+33. THE BALLAD
+34. THE CHILD'S QUESTION
+35. SUNDAY NIGHT
+36. HAGAR AND ISHMAEL
+37. EVENING HYMN
+38. THE FIRST VIOLET
+39. CHRISTMAS
+40. NEW YEAR
+41. EVENING HYMN
+42. SOAP-BUBBLES
+43. SPRING
+44. SUMMER
+45. AUTUMN
+46. WINTER
+47. "GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD"
+48. WILLIE IN HEAVEN
+49. THE ANGELS
+50. THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS
+51. THE FISHERS
+52. THE RAINBOW
+53. SONG FOR MAY MORNING
+54. THE CHILD AND THE FLOWER-ELF
+55. THE FOUR GIFTS
+56. THE TWO LULLABIES
+
+
+
+
+THE FIRST HYMN.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+God made the bright, round sun;
+  He made the pretty flowers;
+The little birds, the trees, the clouds
+  The rain that falls in showers.
+
+He made papa, mamma,
+  And baby brother, too;
+And mother says He looks from Heaven,
+  And sees each thing I do.
+
+Then I must try to be
+  Pleasant, and sweet, and mild;
+For the good God who made me loves
+  A kind, obedient child.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+MORNING HYMN.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter N.]
+
+Now again the yellow sun
+Shines upon my window-pane;
+Now anothor day's begun,
+I can laugh and play again.
+
+I must try to-day to be
+Kind in all I say and do;
+Then will God be pleased with me,
+And mamma will love me too.
+
+For she says that God above
+Loves to see a little child
+Sweet and gentle as the dove,
+Like the pretty lamb so mild.
+
+
+
+
+EVENING HYMN.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter N.]
+
+Now the sun hath gone to rest,
+Stars are coming faint and dim,
+And the bird within his nest
+Sweetly sings his evening hymn.
+
+Have I tried mamma to mind?
+Was I gentle in my play?
+Have I been a true and kind,
+Pleasant little girl to-day?
+
+Then will God take care of me
+Kindly, through the long dark night;
+Bright and happy, I shall see
+Once again the morning light.
+
+
+
+
+CROSS LOOKS.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter W.]
+
+Why, what a frightful face is this!
+And what has happened, sir, amiss?
+Come, let me wipe these tears away,
+And see no more cross looks to-day.
+
+If Kate did throw your blocks about,
+She's very sorry, I've no doubt;
+And here she stands to tell you so,
+And build another house, I know.
+
+No tears and crying here must be,
+So have a pleasant smile for me.
+There, that will do,--now run away,
+And kindly with your sister play.
+
+
+
+
+I MUST NOT BE SELFISH.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: Letter W.]
+
+When I play with little children
+  I must very gentle be;
+I must always do to others
+  As I'd have them do to me.
+
+I must like to give and lend them,
+  If they want my prettiest toy;
+More than my delight and pleasure
+  I must love my playmate's joy.
+
+Children who are kind and loving
+  God above is pleased to see;
+Let me ever this remember,
+  Ever sweet and pleasant be.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE CAT.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: Letter S.]
+
+Stop, naughty pussy! that's not fair!
+Jump down this minute from the chair!
+You've eaten my nice slice of bread.
+And here are only crumbs instead.
+
+I for a minute left the room
+To listen to the "Buy a broom,"
+And now I think it's quite too bad
+That you my luncheon should have had.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Her mother said, "My dear, if you
+Had done what you were told to do,
+And put the plate upon the shelf,
+You might have had the bread yourself.
+
+"But if you have no thought nor care,
+And leave your luncheon on a chair,
+You must not blame poor pussy-cat;
+She knows no better, dear, than that.
+
+"The one who left her bread about
+Upon the chair, while she went out,--
+The one who hangs her head for shame,--
+My little girl's the one to blame!"
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+STUDY FIRST.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter N.]
+
+No, Robbie! you can go away;
+I am not ready yet to play;
+For I must learn these words to spell,
+That I may say my lesson well.
+
+How sad our dear mamma would look,
+To find that I had left my book!
+And if I disobeyed her so,
+My play would not be gay, I know.
+
+I'll learn my lesson very soon,
+And then I'll run with you till noon;
+So, Robbie, you can go away,
+And presently I'll come and play.
+
+
+
+
+THE BABY.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+We've the dearest baby sister!
+  And so small and sweet is she,
+That we love to stand beside her,
+  All her cunning ways to see.
+
+She can talk in baby language,
+  She can laugh, and she can crow;
+She's the pet and she's the darling,
+  She's the sweetest one we know.
+
+Mother says that she will always
+  Be a sweet and gentle child,
+If, in all our actions towards her,
+  We are loving, good, and mild.
+
+Let us, then, be kind and pleasant
+  Ever to our little pet;
+Nor to thank the God who gave her,
+  Morn and night, let us forget.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+I AM HAPPY WHEN I DO RIGHT.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: Letter H.]
+
+How glad it makes me feel at night,
+  When sitting on my mother's knee,
+To hear her whisper "You've done right,
+  And tried my gentle child to be."
+
+But then I feel ashamed and sad
+  If I've been cross and disobeyed,
+Or if my selfish way I've had
+  When I with other children played.
+
+So if at night I'd call to mind
+  A day of undisturbed delight,
+The only way that I can find
+  Is to be loving and do right.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE LITTLE BEGGAR-GIRL.
+
+
+[Illustration: Signed HOWLANDS.]
+
+
+I've just looked from the window
+  To see the snow come down,
+And make the streets look nice and white,
+  That lately were so brown.
+
+I've seen a little beggar-girl
+  Go by in all the cold;
+She had no shoes nor stockings on,
+  Her dress was torn and old.
+
+How thankful I should be to God,
+  Who gives me clothes and food,
+A nice warm fire, a pleasant home,
+  And parents kind and good!
+
+Mamma, I'll always try to help
+  The hungry and the poor;
+For those who are not warmed and fed,
+  I pity, I am sure.
+
+
+
+THE CHILD WHO WOULD NOT BE WASHED
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter D.]
+
+"Don't wash me, pray, mamma, today,"
+I once heard little Jennie say,
+"For oh! so very hard you rub,
+I never want to see my tub."
+
+"O, very well," her mother said;
+"I'll put you back again to bed;
+And you must in your night-gown stay,
+Nor come down stairs at all to-day."
+
+And then I heard Miss Jennie cry,
+And beg mamma to let her try;
+And say, as she had done before,
+That she'd so naughty be no more.
+
+Her mother turned and left her there;
+She heard her step upon the stair;
+But in her chamber, all day long,
+She staid alone, for doing wrong.
+
+She heard her sister jump and run,
+And longed to join her in her fun;
+Her brother made a snow-man high;
+But she upon her bed must lie.
+
+She heard the merry sleigh-bells ring,
+And to the door come clattering;
+But Jennie could not go to ride
+In night-clothes by her father's side.
+
+And glad was she, as you may guess,
+The next day to put on her dress;
+She ran and told her mother then
+She never would do so again.
+
+
+
+
+THE SPIDER.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Don't kill the spider, little Fred,
+  But come and stand by me,
+And watch him spin that slender thread,
+  Which we can hardly see.
+
+How patiently, now up, now down,
+  He brings that tiny line!
+He never stops, but works right on,
+  And weaves his web so fine.
+
+You could not make a thread so small,
+  If you should try all day;
+So never hurt him, dear, at all,
+  But spare him in your play.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+MORNING HYMN.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter N.]
+
+Now a new day just begun,
+  I'll try to spend it well;
+That I may have, when eveningcomes,
+  No naughty deeds to tell.
+
+So through my life may every day
+  Be better than the past;
+That God may take me, when I die,
+  To live in heaven at last.
+
+
+
+
+EVENING HYMN.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter T.]
+
+The sun has set behind the hill,
+  The bird is sleeping in his nest;
+And now, when all around is still,
+  I lay me down to welcome rest.
+
+May the kind God, who lives above,
+  And watches o'er us day and night,
+Bless us, and grant us, in His love,
+  Again to see the morning light.
+
+
+
+
+THE LAUNCH.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: Letter C.]
+
+Come, sister Ellen, get your hat
+  And come away with me;
+My boat, all rigged with mast and sail,
+  I want you so to see!
+
+Do you upon the landing stand,
+  While here I'll kneel and blow,
+So that the little "Water-witch"
+  Beneath the arch may go.
+
+There! there! she's off! how fast she goes
+  Across the river wide!
+I'd love to sit in her myself,
+  And o'er the water glide.
+
+When I'm a man I'll have a boat,
+  And every sunny day,
+We'll take a long and pleasant sail,
+  Till daylight fades away.
+
+[Illustration: HOPE.]
+
+
+
+
+SUNDAY.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter G.]
+
+God made the day of rest,
+  The holy Sabbath day,
+For us to think and talk of Him,
+  And not for work or play.
+
+I'll put away my toys
+  Safely, the night before;
+And Sundays I'll be very still,
+  Till Monday comes once more.
+
+And then mamma will say,
+  That, though I am so small,
+I yet can please the great, good God,
+  Who takes care of us all.
+
+I love these Sabbath days,
+  Which God to us doth give;
+And may I love them more and more,
+  Each day and year I live!
+
+
+
+
+THE MEDDLESOME CHILD.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter L.]
+
+Little Lucy was left in the room once alone,
+  Where the table was set out for tea;
+She looked all around, and she thought to herself
+  That no one was there who could see.
+
+Then she climbed on a chair and took off the top
+  Of the sugar-bowl, shining and bright;
+And there were the lumps of the sugar she loved,
+  All looking so nice and so white!
+
+Then she said to herself, "Mamma never will know,
+  If I take away only just one;"
+So she took it, and ate it;--it tasted so good,
+  She thought, "But one more, and I've done."
+
+But while she was reaching her hand out for more,
+  The chair slipped away from her feet;
+And poor little Lucy soon wished much that she
+  Had not taken the sugar so sweet:
+
+For her head struck the floor, and made such a noise,
+  That every one hastened to see;
+And all of them knew, by the sugar she held,
+  How naughty Miss Lucy could be!
+
+And no one was sorry, although her poor head
+  Ached sadly because of her fall;
+For little girls never--so every one said--
+  Should taste or should meddle at all.
+
+
+
+
+GOD SEES ME ALWAYS.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter G.]
+
+God sees me always. When I sleep,
+  He kindly watches near;
+He loves the little child to keep,
+  Who tries to please Him here.
+
+When I'm alone He sees me too,
+  Though no one else is by;
+And every naughty thing I do,
+  He sees it from on high.
+
+He sees me, too, when I am rude,
+  And cry, and fret, and tease;
+He loves to see me when I'm good
+  And try mamma to please.
+
+Then, since He sees me day and night,
+  And is so kind to me,
+I must do always what is right,
+  His gentle child must be.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE ARK AND THE DOVE.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter A.]
+
+A rain once fell upon the earth
+  For many a day and night,
+And hid the flowers, the grass, the trees,
+  The birds and beasts, from sight.
+
+The deep waves covered all the land,
+  And mountain-tops so high;
+And nothing could be seen around,
+  But water, and the sky.
+
+But yet there was one moving thing,--
+  A still and lonely ark,--
+That, many a weary day and night,
+  Sailed o'er that ocean dark.
+
+At last, a little dove was forth
+  From that lone vessel sent;
+But, wearied, to the ark again,
+  When evening came, she bent.
+
+Again she went, but soon returned,
+  And in her beak was seen
+A little twig--an olive-branch--
+  With leaves of shining green.
+
+The waters sank, and then the dove
+  Flew from the ark once more,
+And came not back, but lived among
+  The tree-tops, as before.
+
+Then from the ark they all came forth,
+  With songs of joy and praise;
+And once again the green earth smiled
+  Beneath the sun's warm rays.
+
+
+
+
+THE BEE.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Now, Ellen, stop screaming and running away,
+  And come here and listen to me;
+Is it true, my dear daughter, I want you to say,
+  That you're foolishly scared by a bee?
+
+The bee is as frightened as you are, my dear,
+  For he can't tell the way to get out;
+And as for his sting, that you never need fear,
+  If you do not run crying about.
+
+If you were to catch him, why, then, I dare say
+  You'd soon feel his sharp little sting;
+But if you sit still at your work or your play,
+  Be sure that no harm he will bring.
+
+So wipe off these tears and never again
+  Give way to so foolish a fright;
+For if you indulge it 't will cost you much pain
+  And no one will want you in sight.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+SUNDAY.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter T.]
+
+'T is Sunday morning, dear mamma!
+  I do not wish to play;
+Last night I put my dolls and toys
+  Safe in my box away.
+
+I'll come and sit down by your side,
+  While you the story tell
+Of the good little Joseph, whom
+  His father loved so well.
+
+And of the time when waters dark
+  Covered the world around;
+And all but Noah in his ark,
+  Beneath the waves were drowned.
+
+And of the gentle dove, that forth
+  O'er those wide waters flew,
+And twice, with weary wing, returned,
+  No resting-place in view.
+
+And how the infant Moses, too,
+  Floated the Nile along;
+And how his mother made for him
+  The basket cradle strong.
+
+Please tell these Bible-stories then,
+  And take me on your knee,
+And I'll sit still, my dear mamma,
+  And listen quietly.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE PLEASANT WORLD.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter I.]
+
+I love to see the sun go down
+  Behind the western hill;
+I love to see the night come on,
+  When everything is still.
+
+I love to see the moon and stars
+  Shine brightly in the sky;
+I love to see the rolling clouds
+  Above my head so high.
+
+I love to see the little flowers
+  That grow up from the ground;
+To hear the wind blow through the trees,
+  And make a rustling sound.
+
+I love to see the sheep and lambs
+  So happy in their play;
+I love to hear the small birds sing
+  Sweetly, at close of day.
+
+I love to see them _all_, because
+  They are so bright and fair;
+And He who made this pleasant world
+  Will listen to my prayer.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+SAMUEL.
+
+
+[Illustration: I.]
+
+In Bible times so long ago,
+  And in a far-off city, too,
+A mother watched her only child
+  As he in strength and beauty grew.
+
+And when his little tottering feet
+  Had scarcely learned to go alone,--
+Before his baby voice could speak
+  Her name, with a sweet, joyous tone,--
+
+She took her boy and travelled on,
+  Away from home, for many a mile,
+That with a good and holy man
+  Her darling son might live a while;
+
+That he might learn about the God
+  Who made the earth and sea and sky;
+And then she left him there and turned
+  Back to her home, with many a sigh.
+
+She could not place him on her knee
+  And tell him he was very dear;
+And so she made a little coat
+  And brought it to him every year.
+
+But you, my little girl, can learn,
+  While you are sitting close by me,
+Of heaven, and that kind God above,
+  Who made in love each thing we see.
+
+And you should thank Him every day,
+  That you can here His goodness know;
+And from your pleasant, happy home,
+  And your dear parents, need not go.
+
+
+
+
+THE BIRD'S NEST.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+What is Harry thinking of,
+  Sitting on that mossy stone?
+All his brothers are at play;
+  Why is he so still and lone?
+
+He is musing earnestly;
+  And the flutterings of the bird
+And its pleading, feeble chirp
+  Fall upon his ear unheard.
+
+Well may little Harry think!
+  From the pear-tree's withered bough
+He has brought the pretty nest,
+  Placed within his hat-crown now.
+
+That is why he sits alone;
+  And he hears a voice within,
+Louder than the Robin's note,
+  Crying, "Harry, this is sin!"
+
+Then put back the nest, my boy,
+  So you will be glad and free,
+Nor will hasten by in shame,
+  When you pass that withered tree.
+
+
+
+
+GOD LOVES US.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter H.]
+
+"How beautiful it is, mamma,
+  That God should love us all;
+That He should listen to their prayer,
+  When little children call!
+
+"What shall I do for him, mamma?
+  For He's so kind to me,--
+How shall I show my love to Him
+  Who made bird, flower and tree?"
+
+"The only thing which you can do
+  Is this, my darling child,
+Be always gentle, full of love,
+  In words and actions mild.
+
+"Thus you will show your love to God
+  Who is so kind to you;
+And you will live with Him at last
+  In His bright heaven, too."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE STORY OF MOSES.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter T.]
+
+"Tell me a Sunday story,"
+  A dear child said to me;
+And I bent down and kissed her
+  And placed her on my knee.
+
+"Once, long ago, in countries
+  Far, very far away,
+Where the cold snow-storm never comes,
+  And all is bright and gay,
+
+"There lived a king, so cruel,
+  He gave this stern command,
+That all the little children
+  Must die, throughout the land.
+
+"But still there was one mother
+  Who kept her baby dear,
+And quickly hushed its crying,
+  In silence and in fear;
+
+"But when she could no longer
+  Her precious baby hide,
+She did not like to throw him
+  Upon the rushing tide;
+
+"And so a little basket
+  She made, of rushes stout,
+And plastered it with clay and pitch
+  To keep the water out.
+
+"Then in this basket-cradle
+  She put the little child;
+And quietly he floated down
+  Among the rushes wild.
+
+"Just then the king's own daughter
+  Came to the water's edge,
+And saw the basket floating
+  Among the grass and sedge.
+
+"She drew it from the water,
+  And called the babe her own,
+And kept him till to be a man
+  That little boy had grown.
+
+"And when you read the Bible,--
+  Which you will learn to do,--
+You'll see how great and good he was,
+  And how God loved him, too."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+ANGER.
+
+
+[Illustration: W.]
+
+"When a child is cross and angry,
+  Never must her voice be heard;
+Only to herself most softly
+  May she say this simple word,
+
+"Lead us not into temptation;"
+  That will angry thoughts remove,
+Make her calm and still and gentle,
+  With a spirit full of love.
+
+
+
+
+WHAT THE BIRDS SAY.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+"I hear the birds sing, mother,
+  Yet know not what they say;
+I've listened to them often
+  Until they flew away.
+
+"Say if their words, dear mother,
+  To you are clear and plain,
+Or if, like me, you've listened
+  At morn and night in vain."
+
+"We don't know what they say, dear;
+  We think they sing their hymn
+At early morning sunrise,
+  Or at the twilight dim.
+
+"When softly sings the mother,
+  Within her downy nest,
+We think she's gently hushing
+  Her little ones to rest.
+
+"But this remember, darling,
+  The birds are always kind;
+A cross or angry songster
+  I never yet could find.
+
+"And you may learn a lesson
+  From their sweet notes of love;
+Like them be always gentle,
+  And please the God above."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE MONKEY.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter O.]
+
+"O Mother! here's the organ-man,
+  And here's the monkey, too!
+Just see his funny gown of red,
+  And little cap of blue!
+
+"O look! he's on the window there!
+  His cap is in his paw;
+And now he bows and makes a face;
+  What can it all be for?
+
+"O, now they've dropped some money in,
+  While, quickly as he can,
+See! he puts on his cap, and gives
+  The pennies to the man.
+
+"Mamma! why don't you look at him!
+  You have not seen at all;
+Just see him climbing up and down,
+  With paws so brown and small!
+
+"He's gone away! O, dear mamma,
+  Why did you not come here?
+You never saw, in all your life,
+  A thing one half as queer."
+
+"I'll tell you why, my little son,
+  I do not like to see
+That monkey bow and jump about;
+  'Tis no delight to me.
+
+"They've had to treat him cruelly
+  To teach him how to play;
+They've had to whip and punish him
+  And take his food away.
+
+"And that is why I do not love
+  To see him dancing so;
+And if you thought of it, my boy,
+  You'd feel with me, I know."
+
+
+
+
+THE SHEEP IN HEAVEN.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter C.]
+
+"Come to the window, mother!
+  Look out, and you will see
+How fast these little clouds sail on,
+  Above our old elm tree!
+
+"And tell me, dearest mother,
+  Are these the sheep of heaven,
+That in that land are feeding,
+  From morning until even?
+
+"How soft and white and shining!
+  Oh! say, dear mother, there
+Is everything so gentle,
+  So lovely and so fair?"
+
+"We cannot see them, darling,
+  The sheep of heaven, here;
+And far more beautiful than this
+  Does that bright land appear.
+
+"Eye hath not seen, ear hath not heard,
+  Nor tongue of man can tell
+The glories of that home above,
+  Where all the good shall dwell."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+TWILIGHT.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter T.]
+
+The happiest hour of all the day
+  To me, is always last;
+When both my studies and my play,
+  My walks and work, are past.
+
+When round the bright warm fire we come,
+  With hearts so light and free,
+And all within our happy home
+  Are talking quietly,
+
+Then, by my dear, kind father's side
+  I sit, or on his knee,
+And then I tell him I have tried
+  His gentle girl to be.
+
+And then he says the little child
+  Is loved by every one,
+Who has a temper sweet and mild
+  And smiling as the sun.
+
+Let me do always as I should,
+  Nor vex my father dear;
+And let me be as glad and good
+  As he would have me here.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE WRONG STORY.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+"My little Edward, how could you
+Tell me a thing that was not true?
+And make me feel thus grieved and sad
+To find I have a child so bad?
+
+"And then, to do a deed so mean,
+And wish by that yourself to screen!
+Would you have had me blame poor Tray,
+And send him from the fire away?
+
+"O! never, when you've disobeyed,
+Or by your mischief trouble made,
+Think that a wicked act is right
+Because you hide it from my sight.
+
+"It will be always seen by One,
+Who knows each wrong that you have done;
+And I shall know it too, no doubt,
+For sin must always find you out.
+
+"I cannot let you here to-day
+With me and little sisters stay;
+But you must go up stairs alone,
+Till you a better boy have grown."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE BALLAD.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter C.]
+
+"Come hither, little brothers,
+  And listen now to me,
+And I will read a story
+  To both, while at my knee."
+
+Then Johnnie's flag hung idly,
+  And Charlie hushed his drum;
+To hear sweet Mary's story
+  The mimic soldiers come.
+
+"'Tis of a boy no larger,
+  My little Charles, than you;
+But he had been in battle,
+  And all its terrors knew.
+
+"His father was a captain;
+  He had no child beside;
+And while he was an infant
+  His mother dear had died.
+
+"And so from camp to battle,
+  From fight to camp again,
+Had lived, this little hero,
+  On many a bloody plain.
+
+"One day, when shouts were loudest
+  Upon the reddened field,--
+When came the victor's war-cry,
+  'See! see! they fly! they yield!'--
+
+"Forth then, to seek his father,
+  He went with eager joy;
+But with a chance ball wounded,
+  Low lay the fearless boy!
+
+"The son of a brave chieftain,
+  He made no sigh or groan;
+His father's hand yet tighter
+  He clasped within his own!
+
+"And so, when strife was ended,
+  No more to be begun,
+In conquest's very moment
+  Thus fell the chieftain's son."
+
+Then John took out his feather,
+  And put his flag away;
+And Charlie's drum was silent
+  Until another day.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+THE CHILD'S QUESTION.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter W.]
+
+"What are the flowers for, mamma,
+  That spring up fresh and bright,
+And grow on every hill and plain,
+  Where'er I turn my sight?
+
+"How do the flowers grow, mamma?
+  I've pulled the leaves away,
+And tried to see them blossom out,
+  On many a summer's day."
+
+"The flowers were made, my little child,
+  That when our footsteps trod
+Upon the green and pleasant fields,
+  We then might think of God.
+
+"We may not see how they do grow,
+  And bloom in beauty fair;
+We cannot tell how they can spread
+  Their small leaves to the air:
+
+"But yet we know that God's kind hand
+  Creates these little flowers,
+And makes the warm sun shine on them,
+  And waters them with showers.
+
+"And so we love to think that He,
+  Who paints their sweet leaves thus,
+Who sends the sunshine and the rain,
+  Has thought and care for us."
+
+
+
+
+
+
+SUNDAY NIGHT.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter T.]
+
+The holy Sabbath day has fled;
+  And has it been well spent?
+Have I remembered what was said,
+  And why the day was sent?
+
+May I be better all the week,
+  For what to-day has taught;
+May I God's love and favor seek,
+  And do the things I ought!
+
+
+
+
+
+
+HAGAR AND ISHMAEL.
+
+
+[Illustration: T.]
+
+'Twas morning, and the pleasant light
+Shone on the hills, the trees, the flowers,
+And made a far-off country bright,
+A lovely land, but not like ours.
+
+A mother led her little child
+Forth from his father's door away;
+And with the flowers he played, and smiled
+As beautiful and bright as they.
+
+But when, at noon, the warm sun beat
+Upon the sweet boy's forehead fair,
+Tired and thirsty from the heat,
+He asked in vain for water there.
+
+The bottle, filled with water clear
+At early day, was empty now;
+The mother laid her child so dear
+Beneath an old tree's spreading bough.
+
+She turned away, and heard the sound
+Of water, gushing like the rain;
+She raised her boy from off the ground,
+He drank, and played and smiled again.
+
+They travelled on for many a day,
+The mother and her little child;
+And found a home, far, far away,
+At last, among the deserts wild.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+EVENING HYMN.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+The bird within its nest
+  Has sung its evening hymn,
+And I must go to quiet rest,
+  As the bright west grows dim.
+
+I see the twinkling star,
+  That, when the sun has gone,
+Is shining out the first afar,
+  To tell us day is done.
+
+If on this day I've been
+  A selfish, naughty child,
+May God forgive the wrong I've done,
+  And make me kind and mild.
+
+May he still bless and keep
+  My father, mother dear;
+And may the eye that cannot sleep
+  Watch o'er our pillows here,
+
+And guard us from all ill,
+  Through this long, silent night,
+And bring us, by His holy will,
+  To see the morning light.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+THE FIRST VIOLET.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter S.]
+
+Spring has come, dear mother!
+  I've a violet found,
+Growing in its beauty
+  From the cold, dark ground.
+
+You are sad, dear mother,
+  Tears are in your eye;
+You're not glad to see it;
+  Mother, tell me why?
+
+I remember.--Last year,
+  Where our Willie lies,
+Grew the earliest violet,
+  Blue as were his eyes.
+
+Then you told me, mother,
+  That the flowers would fade,
+And their withered blossoms
+  On the earth be laid.
+
+But you said, as springtime
+  Would their buds restore,
+Willie would in heaven
+  Be forevermore.
+
+Weep no more, dear mother!
+  Violets are in bloom;
+And your darling Willie
+  Lives beyond the tomb.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+CHRISTMAS.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter L.]
+
+"Little children, when rejoicing
+  In the merry Christmas morn,
+'Mid your sports remember ever
+  'Tis the day that Christ was born.
+
+"When on earth, the blessed Saviour
+  Said, 'Let children come to me,'
+And the little ones he folded
+  In his arms, how tenderly!"
+
+"But the Saviour is in heaven,
+  And we cannot see him now;
+We cannot receive his blessing,
+  In his presence cannot bow."
+
+"Listen. In the holy Bible,
+  Jesus Christ tells every child
+That the way to gain his blessing
+  Is by being good and mild."
+
+"Here on earth you may not see him;
+  But when this short life is done,
+You shall live with him forever
+  Where there is no setting sun."
+
+"So remember, Christmas morning,
+  That on earth the Saviour came;
+And that still he guards and blesses
+  Every child who loves his name."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+NEW YEAR.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter I.]
+
+If I resolve, with the new year,
+  A better child to be,
+'Twill do no good at all, I fear,
+  But rather harm to me,
+
+Unless I try, with every day,
+  No angry word to speak;
+Unless, each morn, to God I pray
+  To keep me mild and meek.
+
+Then let me try with all my might,
+  And may God help me too,
+Always to choose the way that's right,
+  Whatever act I do.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+EVENING HYMN.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter G.]
+
+God has kept me, dearest mother.
+  Kindly, safely, through the day:
+Let me thank Him for His goodness,
+  Ere the twilight fades away.
+
+For my home and friends I thank Him,
+  For my father, mother dear;
+For the hills, the trees, the flowers,
+  And the sky so bright and clear.
+
+If I have been kind and gentle,
+  If I've spoken what was true,
+Or if I've been cross and selfish,
+  He has seen and known it, too.
+
+Those I love He will watch over,
+  Though they may be far away,
+For he loves good little children,
+  And will hear the words they say.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+SOAP-BUBBLES.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter O.]
+
+"O George! how large your bubble is!
+  Its colors, too, how bright!
+Just like the rainbow that we saw
+  On high, the other night.
+
+"Now throw it off, and let it float
+  Like fairies in the air!
+It's broken, Georgie; never mind,
+  But blow another there."
+
+Their mother, just within the door,
+  Smiled at their childish play,--
+A smile, but yet a thoughtful one,
+  That seemed these words to say:
+
+"My little Georgie, bubbles burst,
+  And are but empty air;
+I would that you might love the things
+  That last forever fair.
+
+"And ever may my darling Kate
+  A trusting spirit bear,
+And, when one cherished hope has fled,
+  Yet find another there."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+SPRING.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+I am coming, I am coming,
+  With my carpet soft and green;
+I have spread it o'er the common,
+  And a prettier ne'er was seen.
+
+Soon I'll spangle it with clover,
+  And the dandelions bright;
+You shall pick them in your aprons,
+  Yellow, red, and snowy white.
+
+I am coming, and the tree-tops,
+  That all winter were so bare,
+You shall see, with small leaves covered,
+  Wave their branches in the air.
+
+I am coming! Little children,
+  Can you tell me who am I?
+If not, you will soon remember,
+  For I'm just now passing by.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+SUMMER.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration: Letter T.]
+
+Tis Summer, I know by the blue of the sky;
+By the trees' deeper green, as beneath them I lie;
+And more than all these, by the lovely wild rose
+That now in the woodland its pink blossom shows.
+
+Now ring the sharp scythes of the mowers all day,
+And they spread to the air the sweet-scented hay;
+They pile up the wagon ere daylight is done,
+And singing come home with the set of the sun.
+
+I feel the warm west wind fan gently my cheek
+As I sit on the grass, far too happy to speak;
+And then in the twilight I see the faint spark
+Of the fire-fly, flitting alone in the dark.
+
+Oh! long happy days, when 'tis full of delight
+To roam in the meadows from morning till night!
+Oh! summer, sweet summer! glide slowly away,
+For I love in your warmth and your fragrance to stay.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+AUTUMN.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Here's the purple aster,
+  And the golden-rod,
+And the blue fringed gentian,
+  By the meadow sod.
+
+And the scarlet cardinal
+  Grows beside the brook,
+And the yellow sunflower
+  In some sheltered nook.
+
+Maple boughs are covered
+  With their foliage red,
+And the withered elm leaves
+  On the ground lie dead.
+
+And within the orchard,
+  Heavy-laden trees
+Shower down the apples,
+  With each passing breeze.
+
+So by these we know thee,
+  Lovely autumn time,
+With thy deep blue heavens,
+  And thy snowy rime.
+
+And we gladly greet thee,
+  With thy colors gay,
+Though thou tell'st us summer
+  Hence hath fled away.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+WINTER.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+With my breath so keen and chilling,
+  I have stripped the branches bare;
+And my snow-flakes white are filling,
+  Feather-like, the frosty air.
+
+Coming o'er the lofty mountains,
+  There I left a robe of white;
+I have locked the sparkling fountains,
+  I have chained the river bright.
+
+O'er the quiet valley winging,
+  There I left my traces, too;
+Hark! the merry sleigh-bells ringing,
+  With their music call on you.
+
+I have come! The school-boy shouting,
+  Joyfully brings out his sled;
+He has seen me, nothing doubting,
+  As across the fields he sped.
+
+I have come; but shall I find you
+  Better than the former year?
+If you've cast your faults behind you,
+  I shall gladly greet you here.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+"GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD."
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter G.]
+
+Give us this day our daily bread;
+  Oh! children, when you pray,
+And morn and night repeat these words,
+  Think what it is you say.
+
+You never asked a piece of bread,
+  And had that wish denied;
+For food to eat, and some to spare,
+  Has always been supplied.
+
+But o'er the ocean, many a cheek
+  With want grows thin and pale;
+And many suffer like the boy
+  Of whom I tell this tale.
+
+He lay upon some scattered straw,--
+  His strength was almost gone,--
+And, in a feeble voice, he cried,
+  "Give me three grains of corn!"
+
+Three grains from out his jacket torn,
+  His trembling mother drew,
+'Twas all she had--she gave them him,
+  Though she was starving too!
+
+Be very grateful, children, then,
+  For all that you enjoy;
+Remembering, as you say those words,
+  The little Irish boy.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+WILLIE IN HEAVEN:
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter T.]
+
+"They tell me in a sunny land
+  Our Willie is at play;
+And with him is a happy band
+  Of children, good and gay.
+
+"They say their shining robes of white
+  Are free from spot or stain;
+That there, where it is never night,
+  They feel no grief or pain.
+
+"But Willie shunned the stranger's face,
+  When he was with us here;
+And in that new, though lovely place,
+  He will be sad, I fear.
+
+"He'll miss me,--though the fields are fair,
+  His bright eyes will grow dim;
+He has no little sister there;
+  O let me go to him!"
+
+"Our Willie is not sad, my child;
+  For in that heavenly home
+There dwells the blessed Saviour mild,
+  Who bids the children come.
+
+"He loves them with a purer love,
+  A holier, than ours;
+And leads them in the fields above,
+  Where spring undying flowers.
+
+"If no ungentle words you speak,
+  No wicked actions do,
+And if, with every day, you seek
+  To be more kind and true,
+
+"Then, by our darling Willie's side,
+  And joined in heart and hand,
+Forevermore shall you abide,
+  Among the angel band."
+
+
+
+
+THE ANGELS.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter W.]
+
+"Where are the angels, mother?
+  Though you have often said
+They watched at night around me,
+  And safely kept my bed;
+
+"Though every night I listen
+  Their voices low to hear,
+Yet I have never heard them,--
+  Where are they, mother dear?
+
+"And when the silver moonshine
+  Fills all my room with light,
+And when the stars are shining,
+  So countless and so bright.
+
+"I hope to see them coming,
+  With their fair forms, to me;
+Yet I have never seen them,--
+  Mother, where can they be?
+
+"I saw a cloud, this evening,
+  Red with the setting sun;
+It was so very lovely,
+  I thought it might be one.
+
+"But when it faded slowly,
+  I knew it could not be,
+For they are always shining;
+  Why come they not to me?"
+
+"My child, when through your window
+  Shines down the moonlight clear,--
+When all is still and silent,
+  And no kind friend is near,--
+
+"Are you not glad and happy,
+  And full of thoughts of love?
+Do you not think of heaven.
+  That brighter land above?
+
+"These thoughts the angels bring you;
+  And though the gentle tone
+Of their sweet voices comes not
+  When you are all alone;
+
+"Yet they are always leaving,
+  For earth, their homes on high;
+And though you cannot see them,
+  You feel that they are nigh."
+
+
+
+
+THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter O.]
+
+Of the childhood of our Saviour
+  Tells one simple verse alone;
+Yet from that his whole behavior
+  When he was a child, is known.
+
+He was subject to his mother,
+  So the holy Scriptures say;
+'Tis enough, we need no other
+  Record of him day by day.
+
+Thus we, his obedience knowing,
+  Know how gentle and how mild,--
+How in truth and goodness growing
+  Was our Saviour from a child.
+
+Little children, who endeavor
+  Like the blessed One to be,
+As you try, remember ever
+  How obedient was he.
+
+If, like Jesus pure and holy,
+  You your parents' will obey,
+You will grow more meek and lowly,
+  And more like him, every day.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE FISHERS.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter S.]
+
+Silence! stir not! for a whisper
+  Would affright thy pretty prey;
+Not a motion, little lisper,
+  Else the fish will glide away.
+
+Hush! he's coming! he is swimming
+  Slowly round and round the bait;
+Steady! though thine eye is brimming
+  Full of mirth that will not wait.
+
+And thy brother near thee kneeling
+  Fears to hear thy ringing shout;
+Gently! near and nearer stealing
+  Comes the brightly spotted trout.
+
+There! thy hook has caught him surely;
+  Firmly hold thy slender rod;
+Pull away! and then securely
+  Place him on the grassy sod.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+'Neath the green boughs rustling o'er you,
+  Fish away the livelong day;
+And with evening's star before you,
+  Wander home at twilight gray.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE RAINBOW.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter W.]
+
+"What is the rainbow, mother dear,
+  With many-colored light?
+Have the clouds parted just to show
+  The floor of heaven so bright?
+
+"Or is it wings of angels pure
+  That touch along the sky?
+And do they come that we may see
+  How fair is all on high?
+
+"Or, mother, on that shining arch
+  Do spirits rise above?
+And on that bended bow ascend
+  Where all is light and love?
+
+"How beautiful must be that road!
+  Why should we call those back,
+Who travel to the better land
+  On such a sunny track?
+
+"Why did you weep when brother died?
+  Did you not know that he
+On that delightful path must tread,
+  Ere he in heaven could be?"
+
+"My dearest child, we cannot know,
+  Or trace the spirit's flight,
+For sin and sorrow draw their veil
+  Across our mortal sight.
+
+"If--as the rainbow takes its hues
+  Of beauty from the sun--
+We strive to live like Christ our Lord,
+  The meek and holy One,--
+
+"Then shall we dwell in Heaven's clear day,
+  Which knows nor night nor moon,
+For, ever, from the Father's throne
+  Beams high and cloudless noon."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+A SONG FOR MAY MORNING.
+
+
+[Illustration]
+
+Awake! awake! the dusky night
+  Is fading from the sky;
+Awake! and with the early light
+  To pleasant fields we'll hie.
+Come with me, and I will show
+Where the fragrant wild-flowers grow;
+We will weave a garland gay
+For our smiling Queen of May.
+
+The sun peeps up behind the hills,
+  And hark! the morning song
+Of little birds the fresh air fills,
+  As now we skip along.
+By the brook-side cold and wet,
+Blooms the pale, white violet;
+There's the purple blossom, too,
+Nodding with its weight of dew.
+
+The gentle wind just lifts the head
+  Of many a columbine;
+And, taken from their rocky bed,
+  They in our wreaths shall twine.
+Saxifrage, so small and sweet,
+Grows in plenty at our feet;
+From the grass we gather up,
+Golden bright, the buttercup.
+
+Now for the trailing evergreen,
+  That in the woodland springs,
+And we will crown our May-day queen
+  With buds this fair month brings.
+Merriest of all the year
+Is the day we welcome here;
+We will sing and dance away,
+In our glee, this long May-day.
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE CHILD AND THE FLOWER-ELF.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter I.]
+
+"I was walking, dearest mother,
+  This morning, by the brook,
+And tired at last I rested me
+  Within a shady nook.
+
+"There all was still and lonely,
+  And suddenly I heard
+A little voice,--a sweeter one
+  Than note of any bird.
+
+"I looked above, around me,
+  I saw not whence it came;
+And yet that tone of music
+  Was calling me by name.
+
+"The violet beside me
+  Bloomed with its purple cup,
+And a tiny face, so lovely,
+  Amidst its leaves peeped up.
+
+"Again the silver music,--
+  The voice I loved to hear,--
+Upon its sweet breath floated,
+  And bade me not to fear.
+
+"'I am the elf,' it whispered,
+  'Who in the violet dwells,
+And every blossom hides one
+  Within its fragrant cells.
+
+"'If you will list our teaching,
+  And catch our faintest tone,
+Your heart will be as spotless,
+  As loving as our own.'
+
+"And then, as I was gazing,
+  It vanished from my sight;
+Once more the violet nodded,
+ And sought the sunshine bright."
+
+"My darling child, the elfins
+  That live within the flowers
+Sweet sounds are ever breathing,
+  To glad this world of ours.
+
+"Well may we weep and sorrow,
+  If they are silent all;
+Then are our souls too sinful
+  To heed their spirit call.
+
+"The pure in heart alone can hear
+  Those precious words and low;
+And by their lessons purer yet
+  Throughout their lives shall grow."
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+
+THE FOUR GIFTS.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter A.]
+
+A new-born babe was sleeping
+  Within its cradle fair,
+And angel guards were keeping
+  Its peaceful slumbers there.
+
+Gone was the age of fairies,
+  And of the elfins wild,
+Who, hovering o'er the infant's couch,
+  Were wont to bless the child.
+
+But in a distant city,
+  Fays that still glad the earth,
+Four gentle little children,
+  Hailed with delight his birth.
+
+Out spake the eldest sister,
+  "O, let us fairies play,
+And give to our young brother
+  Some precious gift to-day.
+
+"Sit down around the fireside,
+  And I my gift will tell."
+And the little children sat them down
+  The fancy pleased them well.
+
+Again thus spake the eldest,
+  "I 'll give him _beauty_ rare;
+His eyes shall be as diamonds bright,
+  His brow like marble fair.
+
+"He shall have golden ringlets,
+  His cheeks shall mock the rose;
+And he shall be the loveliest
+  Where'er his light form goes."
+
+The next replied, "Oh! sister,
+  Not such a gift is mine;
+For beauty's charms, though lovely,
+  Must perish and decline.
+
+"I'll give him _wit_ and _talents_;
+  In manhood he shall stand
+Among the gifted and the wise,
+  That bless our native land."
+
+"I'll give him _sweet good-temper_,"
+  Said the third loving child;
+"He shall make glad our happy home
+  By actions kind and mild."
+
+The youngest raised her wondering eyes,
+  And said, in accents low,
+"I thought the gift I chose would be
+  The first that you 'd bestow.
+
+"I'll give our little brother
+  _Obedience_ to-day,
+And he shall mind, with cheerfulness,
+  All that our parents say."
+
+Oh! blessed is the childish heart,
+  In life's first opening dawn,
+For all its high and holy thoughts
+  From heavenly founts are drawn.
+
+May our most valued blessings be
+  Obedience and love!
+Our hearts, like that sweet sister's, full
+  Of teachings from above!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+THE TWO LULLABIES.
+
+  "Once songs as lullabies to thee I sung,
+  To sleep hath sung thee now an angel's tongue."
+
+  _From the German of Ruckert_.
+
+
+[Illustration: Letter A.]
+
+A lovely babe was lying
+  Upon its mother's breast;
+And she, with soft, low music.
+  Was hushing it to rest.
+
+The song was sweet and gentle,
+  And loving in its tone;
+And in its touching tenderness
+  A mother's love was shown.
+
+And still it floated onward,
+  With melody so deep,
+Till closed the dark-fringed eyelids,
+  The baby was asleep.
+
+And still beside his cradle
+  She sang the same low hymn,
+Till he smiled, as he was sleeping,
+  At angel fancies dim.
+
+Years passed.--The helpless infant
+  Was now a happy boy;
+And often rang his laughter,
+  In notes of heartfelt joy.
+
+Upon his mother's bosom
+  I saw the child again;
+And his little head was drooping
+  In weakness and in pain.
+
+Back from his marble forehead
+  The hair streamed, golden bright;
+But yet his dark eye sparkled
+  With more than mortal light.
+
+And suddenly he whispered,
+  "What music sweet I hear!
+'Tis not the song you used to sing
+  At night, O mother dear!
+
+"But sweeter far, and softer,
+  Than notes you ever sung;
+It is as if a silver bell
+  Its pleasant chimings rung.
+
+"It tells of rest, dear mother,
+  Of slumber calm and deep;
+And I am worn and weary,
+  And fain 'would sink to sleep.
+
+"Darkness is closing round me--
+  You're fading from my sight--
+I hear it still!--dear mother,
+  Kiss me once more--good-night!"
+
+He slept; but angel voices
+  Had sung his lullaby;
+And sweet shall be his waking
+  In our Father's home on high!
+
+[Illustration]
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight
+Stories, by Wm. Crosby And H.P. Nichols
+
+*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COUSIN HATTY'S HYMNS ***
+
+***** This file should be named 12007.txt or 12007.zip *****
+This and all associated files of various formats will be found in:
+        https://www.gutenberg.org/1/2/0/0/12007/
+
+Produced by Internet Archive; University of Florida, and the Online
+Distributed Proofreading Team.
+
+
+Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions
+will be renamed.
+
+Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no
+one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation
+(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without
+permission and without paying copyright royalties.  Special rules,
+set forth in the General Terms of Use part of this license, apply to
+copying and distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works to
+protect the PROJECT GUTENBERG-tm concept and trademark.  Project
+Gutenberg is a registered trademark, and may not be used if you
+charge for the eBooks, unless you receive specific permission.  If you
+do not charge anything for copies of this eBook, complying with the
+rules is very easy.  You may use this eBook for nearly any purpose
+such as creation of derivative works, reports, performances and
+research.  They may be modified and printed and given away--you may do
+practically ANYTHING with public domain eBooks.  Redistribution is
+subject to the trademark license, especially commercial
+redistribution.
+
+
+
+*** START: FULL LICENSE ***
+
+THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
+PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU DISTRIBUTE OR USE THIS WORK
+
+To protect the Project Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting the free
+distribution of electronic works, by using or distributing this work
+(or any other work associated in any way with the phrase "Project
+Gutenberg"), you agree to comply with all the terms of the Full Project
+Gutenberg-tm License (available with this file or online at
+https://gutenberg.org/license).
+
+
+Section 1.  General Terms of Use and Redistributing Project Gutenberg-tm
+electronic works
+
+1.A.  By reading or using any part of this Project Gutenberg-tm
+electronic work, you indicate that you have read, understand, agree to
+and accept all the terms of this license and intellectual property
+(trademark/copyright) agreement.  If you do not agree to abide by all
+the terms of this agreement, you must cease using and return or destroy
+all copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in your possession.
+If you paid a fee for obtaining a copy of or access to a Project
+Gutenberg-tm electronic work and you do not agree to be bound by the
+terms of this agreement, you may obtain a refund from the person or
+entity to whom you paid the fee as set forth in paragraph 1.E.8.
+
+1.B.  "Project Gutenberg" is a registered trademark.  It may only be
+used on or associated in any way with an electronic work by people who
+agree to be bound by the terms of this agreement.  There are a few
+things that you can do with most Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works
+even without complying with the full terms of this agreement.  See
+paragraph 1.C below.  There are a lot of things you can do with Project
+Gutenberg-tm electronic works if you follow the terms of this agreement
+and help preserve free future access to Project Gutenberg-tm electronic
+works.  See paragraph 1.E below.
+
+1.C.  The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation ("the Foundation"
+or PGLAF), owns a compilation copyright in the collection of Project
+Gutenberg-tm electronic works.  Nearly all the individual works in the
+collection are in the public domain in the United States.  If an
+individual work is in the public domain in the United States and you are
+located in the United States, we do not claim a right to prevent you from
+copying, distributing, performing, displaying or creating derivative
+works based on the work as long as all references to Project Gutenberg
+are removed.  Of course, we hope that you will support the Project
+Gutenberg-tm mission of promoting free access to electronic works by
+freely sharing Project Gutenberg-tm works in compliance with the terms of
+this agreement for keeping the Project Gutenberg-tm name associated with
+the work.  You can easily comply with the terms of this agreement by
+keeping this work in the same format with its attached full Project
+Gutenberg-tm License when you share it without charge with others.
+
+1.D.  The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern
+what you can do with this work.  Copyright laws in most countries are in
+a constant state of change.  If you are outside the United States, check
+the laws of your country in addition to the terms of this agreement
+before downloading, copying, displaying, performing, distributing or
+creating derivative works based on this work or any other Project
+Gutenberg-tm work.  The Foundation makes no representations concerning
+the copyright status of any work in any country outside the United
+States.
+
+1.E.  Unless you have removed all references to Project Gutenberg:
+
+1.E.1.  The following sentence, with active links to, or other immediate
+access to, the full Project Gutenberg-tm License must appear prominently
+whenever any copy of a Project Gutenberg-tm work (any work on which the
+phrase "Project Gutenberg" appears, or with which the phrase "Project
+Gutenberg" is associated) is accessed, displayed, performed, viewed,
+copied or distributed:
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
+with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
+
+1.E.2.  If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is derived
+from the public domain (does not contain a notice indicating that it is
+posted with permission of the copyright holder), the work can be copied
+and distributed to anyone in the United States without paying any fees
+or charges.  If you are redistributing or providing access to a work
+with the phrase "Project Gutenberg" associated with or appearing on the
+work, you must comply either with the requirements of paragraphs 1.E.1
+through 1.E.7 or obtain permission for the use of the work and the
+Project Gutenberg-tm trademark as set forth in paragraphs 1.E.8 or
+1.E.9.
+
+1.E.3.  If an individual Project Gutenberg-tm electronic work is posted
+with the permission of the copyright holder, your use and distribution
+must comply with both paragraphs 1.E.1 through 1.E.7 and any additional
+terms imposed by the copyright holder.  Additional terms will be linked
+to the Project Gutenberg-tm License for all works posted with the
+permission of the copyright holder found at the beginning of this work.
+
+1.E.4.  Do not unlink or detach or remove the full Project Gutenberg-tm
+License terms from this work, or any files containing a part of this
+work or any other work associated with Project Gutenberg-tm.
+
+1.E.5.  Do not copy, display, perform, distribute or redistribute this
+electronic work, or any part of this electronic work, without
+prominently displaying the sentence set forth in paragraph 1.E.1 with
+active links or immediate access to the full terms of the Project
+Gutenberg-tm License.
+
+1.E.6.  You may convert to and distribute this work in any binary,
+compressed, marked up, nonproprietary or proprietary form, including any
+word processing or hypertext form.  However, if you provide access to or
+distribute copies of a Project Gutenberg-tm work in a format other than
+"Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other format used in the official version
+posted on the official Project Gutenberg-tm web site (www.gutenberg.org),
+you must, at no additional cost, fee or expense to the user, provide a
+copy, a means of exporting a copy, or a means of obtaining a copy upon
+request, of the work in its original "Plain Vanilla ASCII" or other
+form.  Any alternate format must include the full Project Gutenberg-tm
+License as specified in paragraph 1.E.1.
+
+1.E.7.  Do not charge a fee for access to, viewing, displaying,
+performing, copying or distributing any Project Gutenberg-tm works
+unless you comply with paragraph 1.E.8 or 1.E.9.
+
+1.E.8.  You may charge a reasonable fee for copies of or providing
+access to or distributing Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works provided
+that
+
+- You pay a royalty fee of 20% of the gross profits you derive from
+     the use of Project Gutenberg-tm works calculated using the method
+     you already use to calculate your applicable taxes.  The fee is
+     owed to the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark, but he
+     has agreed to donate royalties under this paragraph to the
+     Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.  Royalty payments
+     must be paid within 60 days following each date on which you
+     prepare (or are legally required to prepare) your periodic tax
+     returns.  Royalty payments should be clearly marked as such and
+     sent to the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation at the
+     address specified in Section 4, "Information about donations to
+     the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation."
+
+- You provide a full refund of any money paid by a user who notifies
+     you in writing (or by e-mail) within 30 days of receipt that s/he
+     does not agree to the terms of the full Project Gutenberg-tm
+     License.  You must require such a user to return or
+     destroy all copies of the works possessed in a physical medium
+     and discontinue all use of and all access to other copies of
+     Project Gutenberg-tm works.
+
+- You provide, in accordance with paragraph 1.F.3, a full refund of any
+     money paid for a work or a replacement copy, if a defect in the
+     electronic work is discovered and reported to you within 90 days
+     of receipt of the work.
+
+- You comply with all other terms of this agreement for free
+     distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm works.
+
+1.E.9.  If you wish to charge a fee or distribute a Project Gutenberg-tm
+electronic work or group of works on different terms than are set
+forth in this agreement, you must obtain permission in writing from
+both the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation and Michael
+Hart, the owner of the Project Gutenberg-tm trademark.  Contact the
+Foundation as set forth in Section 3 below.
+
+1.F.
+
+1.F.1.  Project Gutenberg volunteers and employees expend considerable
+effort to identify, do copyright research on, transcribe and proofread
+public domain works in creating the Project Gutenberg-tm
+collection.  Despite these efforts, Project Gutenberg-tm electronic
+works, and the medium on which they may be stored, may contain
+"Defects," such as, but not limited to, incomplete, inaccurate or
+corrupt data, transcription errors, a copyright or other intellectual
+property infringement, a defective or damaged disk or other medium, a
+computer virus, or computer codes that damage or cannot be read by
+your equipment.
+
+1.F.2.  LIMITED WARRANTY, DISCLAIMER OF DAMAGES - Except for the "Right
+of Replacement or Refund" described in paragraph 1.F.3, the Project
+Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, the owner of the Project
+Gutenberg-tm trademark, and any other party distributing a Project
+Gutenberg-tm electronic work under this agreement, disclaim all
+liability to you for damages, costs and expenses, including legal
+fees.  YOU AGREE THAT YOU HAVE NO REMEDIES FOR NEGLIGENCE, STRICT
+LIABILITY, BREACH OF WARRANTY OR BREACH OF CONTRACT EXCEPT THOSE
+PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH F3.  YOU AGREE THAT THE FOUNDATION, THE
+TRADEMARK OWNER, AND ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS AGREEMENT WILL NOT BE
+LIABLE TO YOU FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE OR
+INCIDENTAL DAMAGES EVEN IF YOU GIVE NOTICE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
+DAMAGE.
+
+1.F.3.  LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a
+defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can
+receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a
+written explanation to the person you received the work from.  If you
+received the work on a physical medium, you must return the medium with
+your written explanation.  The person or entity that provided you with
+the defective work may elect to provide a replacement copy in lieu of a
+refund.  If you received the work electronically, the person or entity
+providing it to you may choose to give you a second opportunity to
+receive the work electronically in lieu of a refund.  If the second copy
+is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further
+opportunities to fix the problem.
+
+1.F.4.  Except for the limited right of replacement or refund set forth
+in paragraph 1.F.3, this work is provided to you 'AS-IS' WITH NO OTHER
+WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PURPOSE.
+
+1.F.5.  Some states do not allow disclaimers of certain implied
+warranties or the exclusion or limitation of certain types of damages.
+If any disclaimer or limitation set forth in this agreement violates the
+law of the state applicable to this agreement, the agreement shall be
+interpreted to make the maximum disclaimer or limitation permitted by
+the applicable state law.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any
+provision of this agreement shall not void the remaining provisions.
+
+1.F.6.  INDEMNITY - You agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation, the
+trademark owner, any agent or employee of the Foundation, anyone
+providing copies of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works in accordance
+with this agreement, and any volunteers associated with the production,
+promotion and distribution of Project Gutenberg-tm electronic works,
+harmless from all liability, costs and expenses, including legal fees,
+that arise directly or indirectly from any of the following which you do
+or cause to occur: (a) distribution of this or any Project Gutenberg-tm
+work, (b) alteration, modification, or additions or deletions to any
+Project Gutenberg-tm work, and (c) any Defect you cause.
+
+
+Section  2.  Information about the Mission of Project Gutenberg-tm
+
+Project Gutenberg-tm is synonymous with the free distribution of
+electronic works in formats readable by the widest variety of computers
+including obsolete, old, middle-aged and new computers.  It exists
+because of the efforts of hundreds of volunteers and donations from
+people in all walks of life.
+
+Volunteers and financial support to provide volunteers with the
+assistance they need, is critical to reaching Project Gutenberg-tm's
+goals and ensuring that the Project Gutenberg-tm collection will
+remain freely available for generations to come.  In 2001, the Project
+Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation was created to provide a secure
+and permanent future for Project Gutenberg-tm and future generations.
+To learn more about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation
+and how your efforts and donations can help, see Sections 3 and 4
+and the Foundation web page at https://www.pglaf.org.
+
+
+Section 3.  Information about the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive
+Foundation
+
+The Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation is a non profit
+501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under the laws of the
+state of Mississippi and granted tax exempt status by the Internal
+Revenue Service.  The Foundation's EIN or federal tax identification
+number is 64-6221541.  Its 501(c)(3) letter is posted at
+https://pglaf.org/fundraising.  Contributions to the Project Gutenberg
+Literary Archive Foundation are tax deductible to the full extent
+permitted by U.S. federal laws and your state's laws.
+
+The Foundation's principal office is located at 4557 Melan Dr. S.
+Fairbanks, AK, 99712., but its volunteers and employees are scattered
+throughout numerous locations.  Its business office is located at
+809 North 1500 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84116, (801) 596-1887, email
+business@pglaf.org.  Email contact links and up to date contact
+information can be found at the Foundation's web site and official
+page at https://pglaf.org
+
+For additional contact information:
+     Dr. Gregory B. Newby
+     Chief Executive and Director
+     gbnewby@pglaf.org
+
+Section 4.  Information about Donations to the Project Gutenberg
+Literary Archive Foundation
+
+Project Gutenberg-tm depends upon and cannot survive without wide
+spread public support and donations to carry out its mission of
+increasing the number of public domain and licensed works that can be
+freely distributed in machine readable form accessible by the widest
+array of equipment including outdated equipment.  Many small donations
+($1 to $5,000) are particularly important to maintaining tax exempt
+status with the IRS.
+
+The Foundation is committed to complying with the laws regulating
+charities and charitable donations in all 50 states of the United
+States.  Compliance requirements are not uniform and it takes a
+considerable effort, much paperwork and many fees to meet and keep up
+with these requirements.  We do not solicit donations in locations
+where we have not received written confirmation of compliance.  To
+SEND DONATIONS or determine the status of compliance for any
+particular state visit https://pglaf.org
+
+While we cannot and do not solicit contributions from states where we
+have not met the solicitation requirements, we know of no prohibition
+against accepting unsolicited donations from donors in such states who
+approach us with offers to donate.
+
+International donations are gratefully accepted, but we cannot make
+any statements concerning tax treatment of donations received from
+outside the United States.  U.S. laws alone swamp our small staff.
+
+Please check the Project Gutenberg Web pages for current donation
+methods and addresses.  Donations are accepted in a number of other
+ways including including checks, online payments and credit card
+donations.  To donate, please visit: https://pglaf.org/donate
+
+
+Section 5.  General Information About Project Gutenberg-tm electronic
+works.
+
+Professor Michael S. Hart was the originator of the Project Gutenberg-tm
+concept of a library of electronic works that could be freely shared
+with anyone.  For thirty years, he produced and distributed Project
+Gutenberg-tm eBooks with only a loose network of volunteer support.
+
+Project Gutenberg-tm eBooks are often created from several printed
+editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the U.S.
+unless a copyright notice is included.  Thus, we do not necessarily
+keep eBooks in compliance with any particular paper edition.
+
+Each eBook is in a subdirectory of the same number as the eBook's
+eBook number, often in several formats including plain vanilla ASCII,
+compressed (zipped), HTML and others.
+
+Corrected EDITIONS of our eBooks replace the old file and take over
+the old filename and etext number.  The replaced older file is renamed.
+VERSIONS based on separate sources are treated as new eBooks receiving
+new filenames and etext numbers.
+
+Most people start at our Web site which has the main PG search facility:
+
+     https://www.gutenberg.org
+
+This Web site includes information about Project Gutenberg-tm,
+including how to make donations to the Project Gutenberg Literary
+Archive Foundation, how to help produce our new eBooks, and how to
+subscribe to our email newsletter to hear about new eBooks.
+
+EBooks posted prior to November 2003, with eBook numbers BELOW #10000,
+are filed in directories based on their release date.  If you want to
+download any of these eBooks directly, rather than using the regular
+search system you may utilize the following addresses and just
+download by the etext year.
+
+     https://www.gutenberg.org/etext06
+
+    (Or /etext 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 99,
+     98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 92, 91 or 90)
+
+EBooks posted since November 2003, with etext numbers OVER #10000, are
+filed in a different way.  The year of a release date is no longer part
+of the directory path.  The path is based on the etext number (which is
+identical to the filename).  The path to the file is made up of single
+digits corresponding to all but the last digit in the filename.  For
+example an eBook of filename 10234 would be found at:
+
+     https://www.gutenberg.org/1/0/2/3/10234
+
+or filename 24689 would be found at:
+     https://www.gutenberg.org/2/4/6/8/24689
+
+An alternative method of locating eBooks:
+     https://www.gutenberg.org/GUTINDEX.ALL
+
+