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The Little Orphans

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
July
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
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"Let us go, tny littíe hrother," . That 1 lc!ii my breath co listen 'J üJ l i.. ;r my keurt-6 tnuga beat. "Lot us go, iüv lit Ie brotuer, I y ou and I, Thinking all the time ol uu Uier, Ltt us oa the daiaied lie. M Don't you know she told us, brother, Ou the moimiiL thai she uied, AVe must come . I ■ u s.eoping, In the qi.Hü t ■vfntidtí ? Wheii we knelt that mom beside her, With her hand upan her head, Don't y uu kuow shö Btúd we'd ui s lier Very uiten whea shed dead : "Don't you vvish that you could seo her 't Feo! her Mw upou your cheek 't Have her prees you to her bosota 'f Liiiíí.'Ji iuid Couid lioar her spuuK ? Don't vou luiow, wheu last aiic kist&d us, Thai slie Cttited us up]iaii boyair' That she toid uq we musí meet hur In that luiid ui entliesa joys? Don't you know ahe said, ' Good children Uud deiighta to blöae and lova; Wheu they die, hO ever ioves to 'lake them to himaelí aboye r' Don't }uu want tu be un unye!, iiii b harp witlnn your hand? For you knuvv that juothfif tod us Au ubout the iiuppy land. 11 Don't you love to talk about her ? Don't jou tïuuk slio lovea us yet i1 Do you thiiik tliut blie wiii ever Herpoor 'orphanboys' t'orgetP yhj must nuw bu waitiug lor u.s In that humu within the sky - Lookin ïor nn ehell pet weary, Dun L yuu wibh liiat you cuuid dio ? "Let ur go, my little brother, 'J o tiit; ctiurcliyard, you and I, Thinking aiJ the tim of niotiiör, Let uí. uu the daasiaa i e. It inay lu that htily angels Us litan e&itb will bear away, Up to home, aoid m heavcn, There lo speud au ciiie a day."

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Old News
Michigan Argus