OUR LITTLE GIRL |
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OUR LITTLE GIRL
Her heart knew naught of sorrow,
Nor the vaguest taint of sin--
`Twas an ever-blooming blossom
Of the purity within:
And her hands knew only touches
Of the mother`s gentle care,
And the kisses and caresses
Through the interludes of prayer. Her baby-feet had journeyed
Such a little distance here,
They could have found no briers
In the path to interfere;
The little cross she carried
Could not weary her, we know,
For it lay as lightly on her
As a shadow on the snow. And yet the way before us--
O how empty now and drear!--
How ev`n the dews of roses
Seem as dripping tears for her!
And the song-birds all seem crying,
As the winds cry and the rain,
All sobbingly,--"We want--we want
Our little girl again!"
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