| READY FOR BED |
Hark! the clock strikes from the steeple; Now good-night to all good people; Bed is ready to receive us; Yet you say, "Oh, do not leave us!" Thank you, friends, but we must hurry, Else our dear old nurse will worry. Good-bye, father; good-bye, mother; Come now, baby; come now, brother: By your sisters three attended, All must go, for play is ended.-- Early go, if wise and wealthy We would be, and also healthy. So good-night to all good people! Hark! from yet another steeple, One, two, three, four, five, six, seven: Now to bed, and bless you, Heaven. Good advice comes from the steeple: So good-night to all good people! |
| --Ida Fay. |
| BABY'S BOAT |
Baby's in the boat, Rocking to and fro; Tautest craft afloat,-- Baby's watch below. Snowy sails are set: Little lullabies, Hush the pretty pet, Close the laughing eyes. Storms can never harm; Mother watches near: Oh! her loving arm Knows the way to steer. Quiet now, at last, Till the morning beams; Baby's anchored fast In the port of dreams. |
| --George Cooper. |
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THE ADORATION OF THE ANGELS
By William Adolph Bouguereau (1825-1905) |
"Angels from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o'er all the earth, Ye who sang creation's story, Now proclaim Messiah's birth; Come and worship, Worship Christ, the newborn King." |
| --James Montgomery |
