A LEGEND.
There went- a widow woman from the out- ' skirts of the citj^ i ■ Whose lonely sorrow might' have moved the 'stones she trod,to.pity., She wandered, weeping through the fields, by God and man forsaken, ■ ■'- Still calling on a little child the reaper Death hadtfcien. '-/^ ' "*•-■' «-".' ' ■ When, lo! qpon a day she met a white-robed -,' < train advanoing,,. > , : , And brightly>■ on their golden , heads their < , .goldenr cvowns were glancing. Child Jesus led a,happy band of little ones avMayii^g, / With "flowers of spring and gems of. dew, all, .' t innocently playing. ' ',',', " ",, Far.from tnsrreßtrthe'widow-'sees, and flies 1 . .to clasp her treasure: " What aite\£htiy, darling; rthatjfclioa most not * i take with the^Q-thjiyileaßjire,?^^ ( . "Oh, mother! little mother mine, behind the 1 feet I tarrfr,' " ' "■ • '-n * i For, see,'' ho^heavy' with, your tears the f pitetier I!mnst carry.' I " If, you had ceased to weep for me, when Jesus weatia-'Maying. .-.i -.< - '-: I should have been amongft the blest, with V i';little Jesus playing."^ ,_
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4448, 7 April 1883, Page 1
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161A LEGEND. Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4448, 7 April 1883, Page 1
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