And spoke of other curious things she never would forget.

Oh, I have heard of many, very many girls and boys

Who have to do without the sight of pretty books and toys,

Who have never seen the ocean; but the saddest thought to me

Is that anywhere there lives a child who never saw a tree.


The Daily Task.

Marianne Farningham.

The morning light falls gently on the eyes

And wakes the sleeping men;