The School Boy

We bought hira a box for hls books and tbtDga, And a crlcket-lmn for hls bat ; And be looked tbe brighl-est and best o klngs Under nis uew straw bat We handed hlm Into the rallway train Wltb a troop of hls young compeern. And we made au though it were dust aud min Were tilling our eyes with tears. We looked in bis Innocent face to see Theslgnofa sorrowlul beurt: Hut bc only sbouldered hls bat wltta glee And wondered wben they woald start. 'Twas not tbat lie loved not aR lieretofore Kor tbe boy was tender and kind ; But hls was a world thHt was all before, And uurs was a world hehiiid 'Twas nottnathis tlutterlna lieart was co!d Kor the chtld wns loyal and true; But the parenls love is the love tbat Is old And the childreu the love Uihi Ik ncw. And we came lo knnwthat love Isa flowcr Wblch only cruweth down ; And we scurcely rpoke for tbe space ff no hour As we drove bafck through tbe town.