- 1. 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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- 2. Hagar And Ishmael
'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.
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- 3. A Song For May Morning
Awake! awake! the dusky night
Is fading from the sky;
Awake! and with the early light
To pleasant fields we'll hie.
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- 4. Summer
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.
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- 5. 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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- 6. The Sheep In Heaven
"Come to the window, mother!
Look out, and you will see
How fast these little clouds sail on,
Above our old elm tree!
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- 7. Evening Hymn
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.
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- 8. Christmas
"Little children, when rejoicing
In the merry Christmas morn,
'Mid your sports remember ever
'Tis the day that Christ was born.
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- 9. Morning Hymn
Now again the yellow sun
Shines upon my window-pane;
Now anothor day's begun,
I can laugh and play again.
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by H. P. Nichols
