Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1906 — LITTLE VISITS WITH "UNCLE BY" [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LITTLE VISITS WITH "UNCLE BY"

Sweet Peas. Sweet peaa, purple peas, peas of pink and blue Sweet peas, fragrant peas, peas of rainbow hue. Sweet peas, nodding peas, peas all wet wltn dew. Sweet peas, glist'nlng peas, peas a scented crew. My mother loved you! Do you wonder that I hold your fragrance best? Do you wonder that J pin you on my breast? Do you wonder that I scent your petal tips? Do you wonder that I press you to my lipa? My mother loved you! Sweet peas, od'rous peas, smiling to the sun. Sweet peas, glowing peas, mother’s work is done. Sweet peas, purple peas, mother’s race Is run. Sweet peas, nodding peas, mother’s rest Is wont My mother loved you! Do you question why I pluck you from your beds? Do you question why I kiss your pretty heads? Do you question which is dew or which are tears? Do you question? Then forget, forget, niy dears, My mother loved you! •• - • Where she sleeps your brothers bloom In fragrant bed. Where she sleeps your sisters whisper o’er her head— My mother loved you.