The evening star doth o'er thee peep,
To watch thy slumber bright;
My little child, now go to sleep
Safe in God's loving sight.
George Cooper
JULY FOURTH
God promises the children heavenly play,
And blooms in meadows queenly.
Ingemann
JULY FIFTH
But still I feel that His embrace
Slides down by thrills through all things made,
Through sight and sound of every place;
As if my tender mother laid,
On my shut lids her kisses pressure:
Half waking me at night; and said:
"Who kissed you through the dark, dear guesser?"
Mrs. Browning
JULY SIXTH
Even happier than the young wife who feels for
the first time consciousness of her motherhood.
Chateaubriand
JULY SEVENTH
And the least of us all that love him
May take, for a moment, part
With Angels around and above him,
And I find place in his heart.
Swinburne
JULY EIGHTH