- 1. The Ballad
"Come hither, little brothers,
And listen now to me,
And I will read a story
To both, while at my knee."
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- 2. The Child And The Flower-elf
"I was walking, dearest mother,
This morning, by the brook,
And tired at last I rested me
Within a shady nook.
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- 3. I Am Happy When I Do Right
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."
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- 4. 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.
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- 5. The Fishers
Silence! stir not! for a whisper
Would affright thy pretty prey;
Not a motion, little lisper,
Else the fish will glide away.
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- 6. What The Birds Say
"I hear the birds sing, mother,
Yet know not what they say;
I've listened to them often
Until they flew away.
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- 7. The Pleasant World
I love to see the sun go down
Behind the western hill;
I love to see the night come on,
When everything is still.
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- 8. The Angels
"Where are the angels, mother?
Though you have often said
They watched at night around me,
And safely kept my bed;
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- 9. Evening Hymn.
God has kept me, dearest mother.
Kindly, safely, through the day:
Let me thank Him for His goodness,
Ere the twilight fades away.
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by H. P. Nichols
