Show LOVE LIGHTENS LABOR A Rood wife rose from her bed one morn And thought with it nervous dread Of the piles of clothes to be washed and more Than a dozen mouths to be fed here were the meals to get for the men in the field And the children to fix away To school and the milk to be skimmed and I churned And all to be done today n had rained in the night and the wood Was as wet as wet could be There were puddings and pies to bake besides A loaf of cake for tea nd the day was hot and her aching head Throbbed wearily as she said If maidens but knew what good wives know They would be in no haste to wed Jennie what do you think I told Ben Brown Called the farmer from the well And a flush crept up to his bronzed brow And his eyes blushingly fell It was this he said and coming near lie smiled and stooping down Kissed her heekiwas this that you were the best And the dearest wife in ton b f j The farmerwent back to the field and the wife In a smiling and absent way Sang snatches of tender songs Shed not sung for many a day And the pain in her head was gone and the clothes Were as white as the foam of the sea Her bread was light and her butter was sweet I And as golden as it could be Just think the children called in a breath Tom Wood has run olrto sea He wouldnt I know if he only had As happy a home as we1 The night came down and the good wife smiled To herself tissue softly said Tis so sweet to labor for those we love i Its not strange that muida win ved i |