Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1886 — A Baby Asleep on its Mother’s Breast [ARTICLE]

A Baby Asleep on its Mother’s Breast

I. There are many fair things that adorn this world, .. In the great fields of nature, of science and art. And each day newer beauties spring up to delight us. Which charm the senses and gladden the heart; Hut the sweetest sight this earth affords, ’Mid its ceaseless changes and great unrest. Is to see, with its rosy face, dimpled and soft, A baby asleep on its mother’s breast. n. The tiffed mother, weary from toil of the day, With plenty of care for the coming to-mor-row ; The child by her side with its innocent mind, Unconscious of later life's joy or its sorrow. Calmly asleep in its mother’s embrace. Like a little bird sheltered and safe in its nest, Oh! surely there’s nothing on earth so sweet As a baby asleep on it’s mother’s breast. 111. Often I’ve thought do they wander together Away in the mystical region of sleep; For I’ve se< n baby smile as if playing with angels, While mother would clasp It and silently weep. Perhaps, I said, some angel band For their missing companions have come in quest. And felt in my soul there’s no lovelier sight Than a baby asleep on its mother's breast. —James Wallace.