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Show TASSEL ON THE CORN. I heard the bob white whistle In the dewy breath of mom ; Th e bloom was on tl e alder ar.dthe tassel on corn. , ' I stood with te itlng heart beside the babbling Ma-,-o-chee, To see my love come down the gleen to lie?;' ; her tryst with me. . - I saw her pace, with quiet grace, the a'lud path along. And pause to pluck a Bower, or near the thrush's son?. Denied by her proud father ai a suitor to be soem, Ste came to me, with loving trust, my gracl-ni gracl-ni liltle queen. Above myaiatlon, Heaven knows, that gentle maiden shone. For sho waa belle and wide-beloved, and I a youth unknowa. The rich and g:eat about lior thronged, an' sought on bended knee For love this gracious princess gave with a!' her heart to me. So like a startled fawn, bofcre my lonclt.fc-yea lonclt.fc-yea sho ttood, . With all tu freshness of a girl In flush womanhood, wom-anhood, I trembled as I put my arm around her form dlvino. , I stameri d, an In awkward speech, t begged I , her to bo mine. Tls sweet to hear the pitterlrg rain that lulls . adlm-llt d:evn; 'Tiasweetto hear the song of I lrds and sweet hrlrpi:nT stream; 'Tlstwaet amid the mountain pines to tear the south wind sluh More sweet than the: e and all besides was th'lovinslowrepiy. The little hand I held in miue held all I had In lire, - - To mould its better destiny and soothe to sleep iti strife. 'Tls said that angels watch o'er men commissioned commis-sioned from above; My angel walked with me on earth and gave to me her love. Ah I dearest wife, ray heart Is stirred, my eyes are dimmed with tepri; I thin'f upon the loving faith of all these by- gone years; For now we stand upon this s.iot as In that dewymornf WIt'i the bloom upon the alder and the tassel on the cetn. - '.- . . Dan Piatt. |