American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-17

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MI LIFE IN MI Little pAhLiN"s hiEs'
,yos d.zoa a,, ,,;aa,, ,;,,o tor ,rh;,, h,,,
! was u"1su any. Siuus nm III d "iiie' Jul
A., SUI So ioule again,
Anu ~, inc grateful, passionate JOY ihat
inIopp,u IN my every VEN!
De"r uou' wh''t u napPy Worio II "as-ho"
| The very stones of the London streets secm'd
beautiful to me!
Ana deep, deep down IN my heart OF hearts
40 there nestled TINS GROWING bliss:
u, what VIII she feel, my Bessie, my love-
when she comes to hear OF TINS
y the Tears OF JOY, u the claspinS arms, y the
When come to tell her the glorious news, my
beautiful, my besti'
We sat far into that happy night and dear,
old Will
All, the rose-like spell of those rich deep hours
is fragrant memory STILL
And we talk'd of the dear ones down at home,
And the wondrous love of the Master above,
who '.docth all things we'll"
we spoke OF Bessie again and again, and
always with molstend eyes,
And we felt 'twould he best to spare my love
too sudden glad surprise;
So was to keep on my old blue specs" by
And to patiently bide the fitting time for gently
breaking the news.
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lou eau EASILY guess wnat my ieeiihss were
And how, as trod on the threshold here, my
heart peat thlck ana iast;
And how had nearly told her all, IN burst
passlo a piiss, 49,, -...,.
loving clasp and kiss.
Door boort ,t-.S ,b, so,o s-oot ,o;a f,oo
nay honnier tL,n ha@ora N'
With tha' Ia If IT,, =, H. 1,,s,o,, a,-o,
that had won nv heart of vorei
Sweet eves that were moist With tender teors
tbat vent To INV heart to see.
God knows that T never knew ill then the
depths Oh her love 1or me!
Sho mn, nav, hot o,d nv. s,;ol, o,ro, ond u;th
Sne pc. ny Ia any; my su.A AWAY anu VIII
od M. w. a .na,,',d y ha,,,,.s. nd d,r, a.,
LEU n INV ~ old accnstomd n cbpr anu uarh' 10
And there She left me a minute or so. with a
Kiss and a gentle word.
While she ran to bring the children down. and
my '''''' y" "' A'"''S sun
ASH looked obout Mt the pIcosapt room and
out On III. er,rdsr yia,, ' "-N
That ali seem'd 50 famiiiarIy strange. so old
and vet 50 new. '
And 7 dronn'd hack into my chair once moro
with a longing akin to pain,
As I heard the children come skllrryinp down
n Jacl, there are times and fecIipos old man
that LANGUAGE can never naint.
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scene, seem weak. and feeble. and
faint
Feeble indeed to show one tithe of nv bosom,s
passionate swell:
Than wordS could tcII
I could scarcely see them at first for the tears
that dimm,d nv veorpinU ,sipht
Az tbev ran TO meet mo Will eayrr iov NV
vounoIinos bonnie and hriobf.
And ticn tIcv ejomher,d nm on nv knees with
merry. welcoming cries.
iittIc darIina's EYES '''''' III my 'i-' III
And what did I see9 wee girl face, bright
and eager and fair,
With her mothers lips and lustrous eyes, and
ripple of golden hair,
And a darling rogue of baby-boy with merry
black ewes: and ah
Vn 80 49, piet,s r,,,, anu i''
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ssWhat sort of a story, NV dcars?'' | said; "a
fairy story chs
Well, come as you've been good children, /
hear | must humor YOU to-day:
Once on a time, in a beautiful wood, there lived
a fairy YOU know;
ever so long ago;
And all The peopIe they loved her So this fairy
in the wood.
For she never was cross and proud, nv dears,
INT kind and gentle, and good:
And she always was happicst when she'd made
some ntiphbor happv and bright
oiihe s1'iic Hill eliu, ,,i hiio"' WHO 'e'se'
anu yuan e'' ''iA "7'
No, yo,, INV door9 y-bv Of course NOT child,
Ma yo,, f,,cv 7 sIn,nId s,,nnoIe
That Ed;c and sid youId .y.r dn such ,o,,ob
- ~ tbi,,rs a. tboSaa va w. 7-
,Tis only had iittIe hox,s and ,,irI that ,I,e,ue
and quarrel and shout: