They look in every thoughtless nest, Where birds are cover'd warm;

They visit caves of every beast,

To keep them all from harm.
If they see any weeping

That should have been sleeping,
They pour sleep on their head,
And sit down by their bed.

When wolves and tigers howl for prey

They pitying stand and weep,

Seeking to drive their thirst away,

And keep them from the sheep;

But if they rush dreadful,
The angels most heedful
Receive each mild spirit,
New worlds to inherit.

And there the lion's ruddy eyes

Shall flow with tears of gold,

And pitying the tender cries,

And walking round the fold,
Saying, "Wrath, by His meekness
And by His health, sickness

Is driven away

From our immortal day."

"And now beside thee, bleating lamb, I can lie down and sleep;

Or think on Him who bore thy name, Graze after thee, and weep.

For, wash'd in life's river,

My bright mane for ever
Shall shine like the gold
As I guard o'er the fold."

SPRING.

OUND the flute !
Now it's mute.

SOUND

Birds delight

Day and night;

Nightingale

In the dale,

Lark in sky,

Merrily,

Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the year.

Little boy,

Full of joy

Little girl,

Sweet and small;

Cock does crow,

So do you.
Merry voice,

Infant noise,

Merrily, merrily, to welcome in the

year.

E

Little lamb,

Here I am;

Come and lick

My white neck;

Let me pull

Your soft wool;

Let me kiss

Your soft face.

Merrily, merrily, we welcome in the year.

W

NURSE'S SONG.

HEN the voices of children are heard on the

green

And laughing is heard on the hill,

My heart is at rest within my breast,

And everything else is still.

Then come home, my children, the sun is gone down,

And the dews of night arise;

Come, come, leave off play, and let us away

Till the morning appears in the skies.

No, no, let us play, for it is yet day,

And we cannot go to sleep;

Besides in the sky the little birds fly,

And the hills are all cover'd with sheep.

Well, well, go and play till the light fades away,

And then go home to bed.

The little ones leap'd and shouted and laugh'd,
And all the hills echoed.