. A child's dream of a star . niiiiii ^iii!iiii:iiiii;iii!i f^^r .^m;^-. A CHILD S DREAM OF A STAR. celestial creature among those three, andhe said, * My daughters head is on mysisters bosom, and her arm is round mymothers neck, and at her feet there isthe baby of old time, and I can bear theparting from her, God be praised ! And the star was shining. Thus the child came to be an old man,and his once smooth face was wrinkled,and his steps were slow and feeble, andhis back was bent. And one nieht as helay upon his bed, his children standinground, he cried, as he had cried so longago, I see the
. A child's dream of a star . niiiiii ^iii!iiii:iiiii;iii!i f^^r .^m;^-. A CHILD S DREAM OF A STAR. celestial creature among those three, andhe said, * My daughters head is on mysisters bosom, and her arm is round mymothers neck, and at her feet there isthe baby of old time, and I can bear theparting from her, God be praised ! And the star was shining. Thus the child came to be an old man,and his once smooth face was wrinkled,and his steps were slow and feeble, andhis back was bent. And one nieht as helay upon his bed, his children standinground, he cried, as he had cried so longago, I see the star ! They whispered one another, * He isdying. And he said, ** I am. My age is fall-ing from me like a garment, and I move 14 AR
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