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MOTHER.
The birds must build their nests in Spring,
They have to work as well as sing;
To their Creator's praise,
Since early dawn, dear Lillie, she
Has warbled out, from yonder tree,
Her very sweetest lays.
Now tell me, who has kindly kept
My little daughter while she slept;
Who heard her evening prayer,
And gently closed the weary eye,
Nor suffered danger to come nigh,
But kept her in his care?
LILLIE.
I laid me down, mamma, and slept,
Because the Lord sustained and kept
His child thro' all the night;
And now I lift my heart and pray,
O, God, I thank thee for this day,
That I may see its light!
When all my friends were fast asleep,
Thou didst my soul in safety keep,
And took kind care of me;
