Bertha's Christmas Vision: An Autumn Sheaf

by Jr. Horatio Alger

LITTLE CHARLIE.

A violet grew by the river-side,

And gladdened all hearts with its bloom;

While over the fields, on the scented air,

It breathed a rich perfume.

But the clouds grew dark in the angry sky,

And its portals were opened wide;

And the heavy rain beat down the flower

That grew by the river-side.