THE FIRESIDE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 79, 1 March 1884, Page 2

THE FIRESIDE.

THE REQUIEM BELL.

An opening door, a flash of golden bill-, A voice of sweetness like the wildwood bird : -Two tiny hands caress a broken toy A mother's smile— and then a prayer is heard. ******* Ere long through all the world the mother hears _ Th ® to l! in g o* a nifhtjjk r§qaiem bell ', --*•■".. t • The tan has set 'upon* lonely heart, The shades of nigot re-echo a sad knell. •*■ ••" ■■■■■——.. A mother's idol from her heart hag flown, In all this vast wide world no other love : j . Leaving her life a blank, her bread a ; stone — " ■ •-.-:• - ~ ,2*o -love like baby love* *»ve-Uhat above. r . ■-'-„■•• Here we thp little boots; the coat, the cap — . ' ■ , ; . . ' . ... Cease aching. heart, amid the crowd alone! . ■ '■ , . The toy-he loved, his blocks; hi* ark his boat; - : ; ; > , ; ; f it < ( . These and a memory are all I own. An me ! Ye mothers with: your baby '•"• heads,: ' ■:; ; x That seem so many, one above the other, Ye little know the heartache and the tears, • ■■■.-. The lonely hours spent by th« childless mother. ; ' . .. ... ;,'■;; 2*o baby form upon my arm comes prei* No golden head upon the pilW'liet. No kissing lips, no l - tiny hands otrec* sinjr,- , ,-,., .„., „.. No baby eyer Kir ! ap-by-^tveoly skies , * ' " ' * ' ■ '-' ft Jl . ■;' :, ' ■ No- lovely voice so sweet cornea eoftlr telling, ' As when with grief his baby ascent queried, * Why are you sad, mamma P I love you dearly,' - No .loving voice comes now whenl'm awearied. " ' i . ■•■-'" j Some day my sun shall^et— I. shall co home.' .._ To those same.j^oras I'll wend mr way, I'm told. Ja " Alone ? No ! no ! my T boy/«hall mr eb m& '■■-■'. there, ...... ■:j - - ; • ( . ■■'■ , . T With golden hair, bright : eye«, and love.pfpjd.