Country Children

Li i ble fresli violeta, Boro In thé wlldwood ; Sweetly lllustratlng Innocent cblldhood ; Shy ís tlie antelope - ISrown as u bi'try - Free as the moDutalo alr, Romplng and merrj. Bino oyes and liazcl eyes IVep Irom liie hedges, Shaded by sun-bonnets, Frayetl t tlieedgesl Up in t lie apple trees, Heeclless of dauger, Manhood lo embryo, Stares :it tlie stranger. Out In the hllly patch, Seeking tlie berrlea-- Uuder tlie orebard tree, Feas) Ing on cherrles - TramplDg tlie clover blooms Down 'ínong tlie grasses, No volee to hinder llicin, Deur lads and lasses ! Ko grlra proprlety - No Inteidictloii ; Free as tlie blrdlluga From cuy restrlctlon ! Colnlng t!ie parest l)Iood, Ötroiigth'nlng each ntuscle, Donnlng health's ariuor 'Galngt lüb's coming biistlc ! Dear llttle Innocents ! Born in tlie wilduood; Olí, tbat all llttle onea Had such a childliood ! Qorl'a bluí B] f( ad over them, God's green beueath them ; lío sweeter heritage Cüiild we bequeath them.