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They droop, and fade, and wither, Long ere the summer's past.

And I am like the flower

That blooms in fragrant May; When days of sickness find me, Then I shall fade away.

Then let me seek the beauty
That God alone can give;
For, when this life is over,
That will for ever live.

A THOUGHTLESS MAN.
THERE came to my window
One morning in spring,

A sweet little robin,

She came there to sing;
And the tune that she sung
Was prettier far

Than ever I heard

On the flute or guitar.

She raised her light wings
To soar far away,

Then resting a moment,
Seemed sweetly to say,
"O happy, how happy
This world seems to be;
Awake, little girl,

And be happy with me."

But just as she finished
Her beautiful song,
A thoughtless young man
With a gun came along;

He killed and he carried
My sweet bird away,
And she no more will sing
At the dawn of the day.

LITTLE THINGS.

LITTLE drops of water,
Little grains of sand,

Make the mighty ocean,

And the pleasant land.

Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.

Thus our little errors

Lead the soul away

From the path of virtue,
Off in sin to stray.

Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,

Make our earth an Eden,

Like the heaven above.

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