. Sunshine and roses . Hid in a niche in Memrys wallSafe from the mongers, venders, all, Secreted for recall in rarest moon,The image of a pretty maidIs wrapped in tissue, neer to fade,— O memry of my little Maid of June! The seasons come, the seasons wane, • With gale and blast, with song-birds strain, With birth and growth and blossom, fade andswoon,And in the midst, enchantress, dear,Rocked on the bosom of the year. Laughs aye my sunny-mooded Maid of June. And now her image, from the again at Memrys call. And thrills me with her mellow croon andtune;And love, again awakened, si
. Sunshine and roses . Hid in a niche in Memrys wallSafe from the mongers, venders, all, Secreted for recall in rarest moon,The image of a pretty maidIs wrapped in tissue, neer to fade,— O memry of my little Maid of June! The seasons come, the seasons wane, • With gale and blast, with song-birds strain, With birth and growth and blossom, fade andswoon,And in the midst, enchantress, dear,Rocked on the bosom of the year. Laughs aye my sunny-mooded Maid of June. And now her image, from the again at Memrys call. And thrills me with her mellow croon andtune;And love, again awakened, beams of youth fill dew-dimmed eyes, Enraptured by my little Maid of June! 62 -L^^i IF I COULD SIT BY YOU. If I could sit by you, my love, If I could sit by you,And hear your tender words, sweet love, In accents old, yet I could sit by you and hear, Through all eternity,Your silver sigh, T love you, dear, Twould be too short for me. 63 /•^^^ Vi>^. THE REAPERS. Early they rise, at break of dawn,Ere the splendrous dews have gone,And hasten forth to laden fieldTo garner in the golden yield. Before old Sol has shown his face,—While yet the eastern sombre graceOf grey awaits the radiant rayOf blushing aureoled reapers start their glorious workNor dare to drone or laze or shirkDuring the long and scorching hours-Lest Nature intercept with showers. 64 n^j^^^
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