PREFACE.

Most of the simple verses which compose this volume were written for a very dear child, with no thought beyond her gratification. They are published at the request of friends, with the hope that other children may derive the same pleasure from them as the little one for whom they were first intended.

Boston, Dec. 4, 1850.

CONTENTS.

  1. [THE FIRST HYMN.]
  2. [MORNING HYMN.]
  3. [EVENING HYMN.]
  4. [CROSS LOOKS.]
  5. [I MUST NOT BE SELFISH.]
  6. [THE CAT.]
  7. [STUDY FIRST.]
  8. [THE BABY.]
  9. [I AM HAPPY WHEN I DO RIGHT.]
  10. [THE LITTLE BEGGAR-GIRL.]
  11. [THE CHILD WHO WOULD NOT BE WASHED.]
  12. [THE SPIDER.]
  13. [MORNING HYMN.]
  14. [EVENING HYMN.]
  15. [THE LAUNCH.]
  16. [SUNDAY.]
  17. [THE MEDDLESOME CHILD.]
  18. [GOD SEES ME ALWAYS.]
  19. [THE ARK AND THE DOVE.]
  20. [THE BEE.]
  21. [SUNDAY.]
  22. [THE PLEASANT WORLD.]
  23. [SAMUEL.]
  24. [THE BIRD'S NEST.]
  25. [GOD LOVES US.]
  26. [THE STORY OF MOSES.]
  27. [ANGER.]
  28. [WHAT THE BIRDS SAY.]
  29. [THE MONKEY.]
  30. [THE SHEEP IN HEAVEN.]
  31. [TWILIGHT.]
  32. [THE WRONG STORY.]
  33. [THE BALLAD.]
  34. [THE CHILD'S QUESTION.]
  35. [SUNDAY NIGHT.]
  36. [HAGAR AND ISHMAEL.]
  37. [EVENING HYMN.]
  38. [THE FIRST VIOLET.]
  39. [CHRISTMAS.]
  40. [NEW YEAR.]
  41. [EVENING HYMN.]
  42. [SOAP-BUBBLES.]
  43. [SPRING.]
  44. [SUMMER.]
  45. [AUTUMN.]
  46. [WINTER.]
  47. ["GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD."]
  48. [WILLIE IN HEAVEN:]
  49. [THE ANGELS.]
  50. [THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS.]
  51. [THE FISHERS.]
  52. [THE RAINBOW.]
  53. [A SONG FOR MAY MORNING.]
  54. [THE CHILD AND THE FLOWER-ELF.]
  55. [THE FOUR GIFTS.]
  56. [THE TWO LULLABIES.]