And at morn they found Nell frozen, with the red rose in her hand.
Billy’s dead, and gone to glory, so is Billy’s sister Nell;
I’m bold to say this happened in the land where angels dwell:—
That the children met in heaven, after all their earthly woes,
And that Nelly kissed her brother, and said, “Billy here’s your rose.”
G. R. Sims.
Billy’s Nose.
Listen to a striking story. Billy and his sister Nell
Were a pair of gutter youngsters, in an alley had to dwell
(I am not a noted poet, but to tell you I shall try,