Sunset ryhmes; or, A few little rhymes I have told a few times to a child I know, when the sun was low .. . A OIFT AND A SMILE. There is a corner which I pass by, And there is a child whom I always seeWhen I go by, for she looks for me ;She seemed so strange and wayward and wild,—Such a desolate, homely, disconsolate child—That it made me sigh when I passed by. I used to say when I saw her there; She thinks the world but a gloomy place,And her thought is shown in her sorrow-ful face,She seemed so silent and moody and sad;But now, I know she makes others glad,And helps to bear their burdens of
Sunset ryhmes; or, A few little rhymes I have told a few times to a child I know, when the sun was low .. . A OIFT AND A SMILE. There is a corner which I pass by, And there is a child whom I always seeWhen I go by, for she looks for me ;She seemed so strange and wayward and wild,—Such a desolate, homely, disconsolate child—That it made me sigh when I passed by. I used to say when I saw her there; She thinks the world but a gloomy place,And her thought is shown in her sorrow-ful face,She seemed so silent and moody and sad;But now, I know she makes others glad,And helps to bear their burdens of care . 113 And I also know her heart is glad, Though her face is sad, and seems so once she smiled as she freely gaveTo another child a flower she got;(I saw her then, but she knew it not)And then I was glad, though her face wassad. Now 1 say to myself, that behind tne maskOf her moody face is hid the queenWho wears a mask to hide the mienOf a tender heart, which is kind and true ;And I wish you knew her as well as I do, To help in any task of removing the mask. 114. 5
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