Mother Truth's Melodies. Common Sense For Children. A Kindergarten
John Stuart Mill · en
The laddie-bird says, "Till they're fit to fly,"
And the lassie-bird, "Yes, to the blue, blue sky."
The laddie-bird says, "Let us hie away;"--
And the lassie-bird, "Yes, and begin to-day.
The laddie-bird says, "I will take this moss,"--
And the lassie-bird says, "And I, this floss."
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The laddie-bird says, "And we'll love so true;"
And the lassie-bird, "Ah, yes, coo, coo, coo."
'Tis the old-new song that the birds have sung,
Aye, the birds of every race,
Since the world was planned,
And came forth from the hand
Of the Maker, aglow with grace.
'Tis the song they will sing till time is o'er,--
'Tis the stream that from Paradise gushed; {351}
And the music that flows
When the love-light glows,
Will never, no, never be hushed.
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Time
Eternity.
US
[Footnote: "The great watchful I is over US through TIME and ETERNITY.]
End of Project Gutenberg's Mother Truth's Melodies, by Mrs. E. P. Miller