Part 112 (1/2)

When nightly burst from seraph-harps The high and solemn lay,-- ”Glory to G.o.d; on earth be peace; Salvation comes to-day!”

--_Edmund Hamilton Sears_.

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HYMNS AND POEMS FOR THE TWILIGHT HOUR

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READY FOR BED

Hark! the clock strikes from the steeple; Now good-night to all good people; Bed is ready to receive us; Yet you say, ”Oh, do not leave us!”

Thank you, friends, but we must hurry, Else our dear old nurse will worry.

Good-bye, father; good-bye, mother; Come now, baby; come now, brother: By your sisters three attended, All must go, for play is ended.-- Early go, if wise and wealthy We would be, and also healthy.

So good-night to all good people!

Hark! from yet another steeple, One, two, three, four, five, six, seven: Now to bed, and bless you, Heaven.

Good advice comes from the steeple: So good-night to all good people!

--_Ida Fay_.

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BABY'S BOAT

Baby's in the boat, Rocking to and fro; Tautest craft afloat,-- Baby's watch below.

Snowy sails are set: Little lullabies, Hush the pretty pet, Close the laughing eyes.

Storms can never harm; Mother watches near: Oh! her loving arm Knows the way to steer.

Quiet now, at last, Till the morning beams; Baby's anch.o.r.ed fast In the port of dreams.

--_George Cooper_.

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[Ill.u.s.tration]

THE ADORATION OF THE ANGELS By William Adolph Bouguereau (1825-1905)

”Angels from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth, Ye who sang creation's story, Now proclaim Messiah's birth; Come and wors.h.i.+p, Wors.h.i.+p Christ, the newborn King.”

--_James Montgomery_ [End ill.u.s.tration]

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LITTLE VOICES