Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 November 1888 — ASLEEP. [ARTICLE]

ASLEEP.

Onr golden-haired boy with hia bird oil hit bnait, ' Lovingly, pcncefnlly, sweetly at rest; In hia lightly crowed arma,aa in lore’a fond cares*, Amid thesoft folda of hia navy-blue dress, ArLlea the little canary Whose chirp and aweet trill v. , ■ . : ■■■ Once gladdened hia heart to the te interest thrill. I rom hi* dear little face all ihe aparkle is gone; But the sweetness is left; and so sweet, precious one! . 1 The high, noble brow neath the soft, wavy hair; Tbe lightly closed lids and tbe cheeks round and j. fair; The beautiful month—oh! words can not teU Its expression, although we know it so well. The gold of the hair, tbe dress of dam^filue, Tbe bird’s yellow plumage of delicate hue. There’s naught here like death and why do we weep O’er enr dear little pets just fallen ntLep? Ia the golden fringe of tbe curtain* white Forever dropped o’er the blue eyes bright: *hall we river again hear tbe langbter and song In sweet cadence mingling ail the day long? Ob! can this look be tbe last that is given Buch loveliness rare, fit only for heavinT Fpr heaven? Yes. songsters fill— Wbat is heaven tj tbe boy without the bird’s trill? - Our child with hls blid on hia breast. Lovingly, peacefully, sweetly at rest. Together they came, together they go. Beautiful, innocent, saved irom life's woe. --Eflle J. Cla-k in Good Housekeeping.