Yet while old Calamity’s having his way,

For one that’s in trouble, there are others at play.

What is play to the pup is grief to the child;

What is fun for the boy makes mother go wild;

Some deeds of the mother cause angels to weep;

While God smiles over all, and all He doth keep.


SOME SMALL SURPRISES

We never foreknow, but our hearts were a-glow,

The hearts of Artena and I,