AUGUST SEVENTH

Whither went the lovely hoyden?

Disappeared in blessed wife,

Servant to a wooden cradle,

Living in a baby's life.

Emerson

AUGUST EIGHTH

And yet methinks she looks so calm and good,

God must be with her in her solitude.

Hartley Coleridge

AUGUST NINTH

Childish unconsciousness is rest in God.

Froebel

AUGUST TENTH

The seasons of the year did swiftly whirl,

They measured time by one small life alone.

Jean Ingelow

AUGUST ELEVENTH

Oh, my own baby on my knee,

My leaping, dimpled treasure.

Mrs. Browning