To a Baby

 

To a Baby *

by Anonymous

WHERE did you come from, Baby dear? 
'Out of the everywhere, into here. 

Where did you get your eyes so blue? 

'Out of the sky, as I came through.'

What makes the light in them sparkle and spin? 

'Some of the starry spikes left in.'

What makes your forehead so smooth and high? 

'A soft hand stroked it as I came by.' 

Where did you get that little tear? 

'I found it waiting, when I got here.' 

What makes your cheek like a warm, white rose? 

'I saw something better than anyone knows.' 

Whence that three-cornered smile of bliss? 

'Three angels gave me at once a kiss.' 

Where did you get this pearly ear? 

'God spoke and it came out to hear.'

*- The Editor trusts she is not infringing any copyright in inserting this quaint and beautiful little poem, the authorship of which is unknown to her.

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References

1.Friendly leaves 1882  

2. FLORA AND SYLVA 1903

New Year

 

New Year 

by  E. ELLIOTT 

WILL the New Year bring greetings 
Blithesome and gay?

Long-looked-for meetings, 

Joy's sunny day?

Father, we know not, 

Coming joys show not; 

Hear our entreatings, 

Choose Thou the way!

Will the New Year bring weeping, 

Sorrow's increase?

Will the New Year bring sleeping, 

Quiet release?

Father, most tender, 

We can but render 

All to Thy keeping; 

Grant us Thy peace.      

References:

1.FRIENDLY LEAVES 1881 EDITED BY ME TOWNSEND 1882

2.THE EVERY DAY BOOK OR Everlasting Calendar OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS SPORTS PASTIMES CEREMONIES MANNERS CUSTOMS AND EVENTS INCIDENT TO EACH OF THE THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DAYS IN PAST AND PRESENT TIMES FORMING A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE YEAR MONTHS & SEASONS AND A PERPETUAL KEY TO THE ALMANACK INCLUDING ACCOUNTS OF THE WEATHER RULES FOR HEALTH AND CONDUCT REMARKABLE AND IMPORTANT ANECDOTES FACTS AND NOTICES IN CHRONOLOGY ANTIQUITIES TOPOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHY NATURAL HISTORY ART SCIENCE AND GENERAL LITERATURE DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES AND VALUABLE ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH POETICAL ELUCIDATIONS FOR DAILY USE AND DIVERSION BY WILLIAM HONE ۱ 

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Cluster Of Carnations

 

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Carnation- Coloring Page For Mother's Day- Freehand Paper Cutting Project

By ELEANOR LINDBERG 

 These designs may be made on the hectograph and colored with crayons or colors, and cut out, and pasted on or stiff paper.

The cluster of three shades of carnations may have a cream background. The stems and leaves may be gray-green and the lettering black. 
 

Themes: Mother's Day, Baby, Mother, Flower, Carnation, Nature Studies,

References:

The Grade Teacher May 1931

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Carnation

Mother's Day- Greeting Card- Carnation- Coloring Page For Mother's Day- Freehand Paper Cutting Project

By ELEANOR LINDBERG 

 These designs may be made on the hectograph and colored with crayons or colors, and cut out, and pasted on or stiff paper.

A cream background will be appropriate for the single carnation, which may be dark-red, with the stem and leaves gray-green, and the lettering black-pink. 
 

Themes: Mother's Day, Baby, Mother, Flower, Carnation, Nature Studies,

References:

The Grade Teacher May 1931