But the sweetest face bent near, and—“I came,” said Margery,

“For I thought ’twas an angel sang, ‘Let the children come to me!’”

With a tender sigh the singer took the child upon her knee;

“I sang the words for the dear Lord Christ, my Margery,

And so, for the dear Lord Christ, I take thee home with me!”

—“It was an angel sang!” sobs little Margery.


Are the Heroes Dead?

Helen Lee Sargent.

“We are low,—we are base!” sigh the singers,