Poems (E. L. F.)/Mary maud

by E. L. F.

MARY MAUD.

Five years had passed! another soul
 Unto my care was given:
A tiny infant daughter came—
 A blessed gift from heaven.

Sweet as the first fair flower of spring,
 Soft as the morning dew—
A sunny smile of light and love,
 With eyes of violet blue.

The third fair floweret God hath placed
 In the garden of my heart,
To tend, and love, and bless always,
 Till life and love depart.

Two other flowerets blossomed there,
 Scarce living ere they died;
But, oh! I know they live again,
 As angels, side by side.