Poems.
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And her eyes are sunk deep within her head;
She asked me to take her bible and read,
For there she found much comfort, indeed.
I then placed my seat beside her bed,
And long I sat there, and to her read;
And she seemed so happy, so very much so,
That I delayed my hour to go.
And when, at last I left my chair,
She asked me, if I would go to prayer.
She asked me so sweetly, I could not say nay,
So I knelt beside her and attempted to pray.
And when I arose from my humble state,
She placed her hands on my little pate,
And prayed that the bleesings of heaven might rest
Forever upon her youthful guest.
And as I passed her garden through,
She bade me take some flowers to you.
So here, dear mother, is a bunch of flowers,
And your truant boy for so many hours.
She asked me to take her bible and read,
For there she found much comfort, indeed.
I then placed my seat beside her bed,
And long I sat there, and to her read;
And she seemed so happy, so very much so,
That I delayed my hour to go.
And when, at last I left my chair,
She asked me, if I would go to prayer.
She asked me so sweetly, I could not say nay,
So I knelt beside her and attempted to pray.
And when I arose from my humble state,
She placed her hands on my little pate,
And prayed that the bleesings of heaven might rest
Forever upon her youthful guest.
And as I passed her garden through,
She bade me take some flowers to you.
So here, dear mother, is a bunch of flowers,
And your truant boy for so many hours.
MOONLIGHT.
The moon shines bright from her starry sphere,
The winds are hushed and the sky is clear;
The winds are hushed and the sky is clear;
