POEMS.
93
How often I have dreamt of thee, e'en fancied I could see
Thy little form come bounding in and smiling up tome!
Thy little form come bounding in and smiling up tome!
Thy father too loves Willie boy, see how he loves to play
And pinch thy rosy cheeks and smile, and every new-born day
And pinch thy rosy cheeks and smile, and every new-born day
Doth kiss thee with a father's pride, with all a father's love,
A thing so pure and safely watched by the good God above.
A thing so pure and safely watched by the good God above.
But oh! when thou art older grown and lingereth by my side,
How I shall look upon thee with all a mother's pride,
How I shall look upon thee with all a mother's pride,
How I shall lean upon thine arm and bless my noble boy,
Yet, stay, I'm looking forward to years of endless Joy.
Yet, stay, I'm looking forward to years of endless Joy.
But I must leave this flow of verse for thou beginn'st to wake,
And the sun is shining brightly, for the day is on the break;
And the sun is shining brightly, for the day is on the break;
