The angels in the skies.

And truth to say, she ofttimes thought,

The angels were near by,

So strange a gleam was on his hair,

So bright his cherub eye.

He was so meek and gentle-souled,

So free from evil stain,

Ah! well I knew, 'twere toil to find

So lovely child again.

It was a antique, white-walled cot,