A TINY SHOE.
They found him by the roadside ddeard r A ragged tramp unknown ; His face upturned in mute despair, His helpless arms outt.hrown. The lark above him sang a song Of greeting to the day, The breeze blew fresh and sweet and stirred His hair in wanton play. They found no clue to home or name, But tied with a ribbon blue They found a package and it held A baby's tiny shoe. Half worn and old, a button off, It seemed a sacred thing ;t; t With reverence they wrapped it close And tied the faded string, And laid it on the peaceful breast That kept the secret well ; And God will know and understand The story it will tell Of happy times and peaceful home That dead tramp sometime knew, Whose only relic left him was The baby's tiny shoe.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2212, 11 September 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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144A TINY SHOE. Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2212, 11 September 1886, Page 1 (Supplement)
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