A HAPPY PARTY.
In the quiet summer evening,
The children gather round,
While granny reads aloud to them
With voice of pleasant sound.
A happy cheerful party,
Indeed we all must say;—
Both granny and the children
Enjoy the close of day.
Katrina stands beside her;
Lina’s knitting at her feet;
Karl feeds himself, and Faust the dog,
With bread and jam—a treat!
Even pussy and the dicky-birds
Seem pleased and quiet too:
I think, my little children,
Indeed, and so would you.
