38 LITTLE THINGS. What pretty little heads you've got, Come here, my little lambkin, come Indeed I won't hurt you. Just put your hand upon its back, LITTLE THINGS. LITTLE drops of water, Make the mighty ocean Thus the little minutes, I WILL BE GOOD TO-DAY. Thus our little errors Floods the heart within. Little deeds of kindness, I WILL BE GOOD TO-DAY "I WILL be good, dear mother," She lifted up her bright young eyes, And when night came, that little one, 39 40 THE COLD-WATER BOY. Oh, many, many, bitter tears "Twould save us, did we say, Like that dear child, with earnest heart, "I will be good to-day." THE COLD-WATER BOY. HURRAH, for a splash! Come, give me a dash, So active and light, 'Tis better than silver and gold. Oh, what should I do, Dear mother, if you Never wash'd me so sweet and so clean ? It is so refreshing, All the day I would like to stay in. I never would cry, MY MOTHER. My mother, my kind mother, When I am ill, it comes to me, And kindly soothes my pain; It always makes me happy, My mother, my dear mother, Unkind or disobedient, DAWN OF DAY. COME, arise from thy sleep, 42 DON'T KILL THE BIRDS. Let us breathe the fresh air, Come along for a talk, At dawn of day. But first to our King Let us joyfully sing, And praises be paying; "Tis good to be praying At dawn of day. DON'T KILL THE BIRDS. DON'T kill the birds, the little birds, The little birds, how sweet they sing ; And do not seek to take their lives, Which you can never give. |