IN FLORENCE’S ALBUM.
A loving heart wears a smiling face,
And a cheerful mind is a source of joy,
She that carries both adorns her race,
And shines bright as gold without alloy.
WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM
of Lizzie Leonard, a very tall young girl, at her mother’s home near Middleboro, Mass., December, 1881.
The meanest of creatures low down are found
And slimy reptiles crawl upon the ground,
The innocent birds live in purer air,
And blest are they who find their level there.
That you may grow to a loftier size,
And increase in wisdom as up you rise,
And ne’er let your height your head turn dizzy,
Shall be my prayer, my young friend Lizzie.