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THE MERRY COBBLER.

MERRY cobbler had a stall;

An arch old wag as ere you knew,
With breeches red and jerkin blue :
Cheerful at working as at play,

He sung and whistled his life away.

Though pence came slow, and trade was ill,
Though patched his garb and coarse his fare,
He laughed and cast away old care.

Meston.

I think she has the sweetest voice that I have ever heard,
So I try to understand her, though she cannot speak a word.

L

February 20th.

Rhymes for Children.

REMEMBER.

ITTLE knees should lowly bend

At the time of prayer;

Little thoughts to heaven ascend

To our Father there.
Little hands should usefully

In employment move;
Little feet should cheerfully

Run on works of love.

Children's Friend.

R

THE LITTLE RILL.

UN, run, thou tiny rill,

Run and turn the village mill;

Run and fill the deep clear pool

In the woodland shade so cool,

Where the wild birds bathe and drink,

Where the wild flowers fringe the brink.

LOUDS that wander through the sky,

Sometimes low and sometimes high;

In the darkness and the night,

In the sunshine warm and bright,

Ah! I wonder much if you

Have got any work to do.

R. P. S.

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SLEEP, BABY.

LEEP, baby, sleep,

Till dawn to-morrow.

Why should'st thou weep,
Who know'st not sorrow?

Too soon come pains and fears;
Too soon a cause for tears:

So from thy future years

No sadness borrow!

Barry Cornwall.

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February 25th.

BE THANKFUL.

ACH night before you go to bed,
And on the pillow lay your head,
Thank God who is so good.

Some children sleep out in the street,
And hardly have enough to eat,
Of any proper food.

G. L.

February 26th.

A KISS FOR A BLOW.

HAT makes little children so happy and good,

WHAT

And banishes tempers both naughty and rude?

It is the sweet maxim we very well know,

Of giving each other a kiss for a blow.

Should quarrels arise, what'er be the cause,
What is better by far than a whole code of laws?
It is the sweet practice we very well know,
Of always returning a kiss for a blow.

A. A. W.