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Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4791, 17 May 1884, Page 1

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I THE Two little shoos and a lock of hair, 1 The" latter as bright as the 'sun", \-^'\s-."i A glove bo small, sure fairy ne'er i •-' :n\ Wore near bo tiny a one; ' *"- "i A tiny rattle, and last of all, {• l>- ' "A. irock as white as the enow, .*., 1 'y' n Are lying together, all in a heap, • i t -j. Under the lamp-light's glow. . ,!\ •* They were' found just now in the bottom i drawer. Of a bureau old and worn, - ' ' And they - brought the blood in a surging stream , To the heart of a mother forlorn . ; , [For never again shall a tiny hand * ''•. ' Be warmed by thiß tiny glove. And never again shall a baby's kiss Make sweeter a mothers love. - The little white frock shall be worn no more, ' For the fashion has changed of late—" She wears 1 the garment as white as snow, ' That is worn in the angel state. And the ]ittle,shoes, all worn and frayed, Whose patter was music sweet , To the mother's ear, no longer shall sound To the step of the baby'a feet., -.', ■ For under a mound all covered with white, - A mound scarce.two feet'long, Is the body of one who was all too weak For a world so fierce and strong, / -lV And there my baby is resting sweet, ~ While I sit idly here. y With a frock, a rattle, a pair of shoes,, . ] - And the mother's blinding tear. But by-and-by, when I, too, rest, '.-' In the churchyard old and drear, - > - My spirit will climb to the glittering stars, • - Afar from the ache and tear; , '* And thore in tho golden gracious light Of eternity's breaking day, I will clasp my babe to the mother-heart, • - For ever and for aye. . 1. 3. B.