THE GIRL’S OWN PAPER
Vol. XX.—No. 1011.]
[Price One Penny.
MAY 13, 1899.
[Transcriber’s Note: This Table of Contents was not present in the original.]
[GOOD NIGHT.]
[THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH.]
[HOW TO CONTRIVE AND DECORATE A COFFER OR LINEN PRESS.]
[SHEILA.]
[VARIETIES.]
[THE FAIRIES.]
[A POOR NEEDLEWOMAN.]
[SELF-CULTURE FOR GIRLS.]
[HOUSEHOLD HINTS.]
[A GAME OF MEMORY.]
[“OUR HERO.”]
[THE GIRL’S OWN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.]
[ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.]
[GOOD NIGHT.]
By SARAH DOUDNEY.
“SLEEP, SISTER, SLEEP.”
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Sleep, sister, sleep, while the lovely light
Shines still through the dark old firs;
The birds sleep sound in their nests all night,
And only the wild wind stirs;
Far over the hills and far away
The earth is losing its gold;
And sheep-bells chime through the twilight grey,
While the flocks come home to fold.
Lie down, my dear, in your own warm nest,
And sister will sit and sing
When mother watches her darling’s rest,
And the stars are clustering
Like silver flowers in the darkened sky,
And the toil of man is done;
Sleep, baby, sleep to my lullaby,
And wake with the waking sun!
[THE HOUSE WITH THE VERANDAH.]
By ISABELLA FYVIE MAYO, Author of “Other People’s Stairs,” “Her Object in Life,” etc.