[“DID YOU KNOW?”]

The soft winds played in the summer grove,

That the sunlight made aglow,

When a small face peered through the garden gate

’Mong the roses pure as snow:

And in sweet, shy tones came the wondrous words,

“We’ve a baby; did you know?”

The passer-by caught the accents soft,

And the words seemed to linger there,

Like the fragrant breath of the sweet June rose