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Show rfV TWO HUNBtAMS. etratght throueh a canment, opn wll, A sunbeam round Its way, And down Upon th cotlog noor A ihatt of brightness lay. Btnt from the gay, glad outer woridt A mesunger apart. It BlbrlfUd the humble room, And cheered the matron' heart. -.It conaxed the little one from play. And mocked, with true delight, The vain attempts of bnby hand To grasp the lance of light. "S?'v?h ni.vou can'" ,l "med to .ay. " Td wllllns captive be," And danctd before (he wondering tree To (he (une of baby glee "Bright shono the Hillc colden head Au'lt nilttd here nnd (here, As though (he sun llselr had lent Of IH shining store a share. And mother caught her darling up. In the mMHl i,t hlH rruuleun chasa. And Bhowiired kl. warm and soft. On the prclty Imby face. ZTpu nnnt "Th (he surnhlne. .' ttirJuh- foIl0wed ,l,e wld8 OfW t ' VaU' 1mo!,l"' Httjo sunbeam, dear, And slio litis caught you, tool . "Two sunbeams Imvo I In my home: ,V!rk .l.uM U W- nni drear, ' ' . fWlthciut the bright rny oti the door. f ,And the bright face shining here! "God owns the minllRlit. but h. gtrt, . This precloiM bam to mother. f Content am I id call ono mlno , And entertain the other" t ' StI",Kht ttire.ii.li (he casement, open wide. The sunbeam crept away, ' And twilight shadows, sleallng through, I-oretold the end of day. u". The outer world In darknrss lay. Hut mother's heart was light, " fulIen head and u baby faee upl .',""".,, '""" "right. K fclla Ilanclutl. J Cloldcn Days. t |