Lullaby of the Roses 71 Lullaby of the Sun 73 Earth’s Requiem for the Little Ones 74 Darling Baby 75 The Ancient of Days 76 Little Shoes 78 There’s an Angel Here 79 “Waking Up the Stars” 80 Lullaby of the Stars 81 Roses 83 Mother Earth’s Lullaby 84 Lullaby of the Rain-drops 86 Kissing the Sunbeam 88 Jewel of the Cradle 90 Baby Sweet 91 Angel of the Cradle 92 Let Angels Name It 94 The Two Cradles 96 My Darling Unborn 98 Our First-Born 100 The Mother’s Thoughts on the Death of Her First-Born 101 Angel-Twin 103 Our Children 104 DEDICATION Father of Lights, to Thee I give These scattered notes; and as they glide O’er hilltops bright and valleys wide; O’er hamlet, old with penury, Or palace filled with luxury; O’er city and o’er wilderness; O’er hearts in gladness or distress, O, give them, Lord, Thy smile indeed, And make them like the winged seed, That spreads on high its silken plumes, Comes softly down, takes root and blooms, Forever in the heart to live. WILD-BIRD. “THERE’S A BABY BORN” Hark! the shining stars are singing, And the azure skies are ringing: Angels joyful news are bringing, “There’s a baby born.” Child of Deity, unfolding In a form of heavenly molding; Endless life in frailest holding, Sweet as rosy morn! “DID YOU KNOW?” The soft winds played in the summer grove, That the sunlight made aglow, When a small face peered through the garden gate ’Mong the roses pure as snow: And in sweet, shy tones came the wondrous words, “We’ve a baby; did you know?” The passer-by caught the accents soft, And the words seemed to linger there, Like the fragrant breath of the sweet June rose On the summer’s balmy air. And the stranger smiled ’neath his load of cares, And the sunlight seemed to glow With a brighter beam, as the echoes came, “We’ve a baby; did you know?”