WKST SIIOKE.
MvHr t&' ilk,
If
Down through tht field In tht fading light
The milkmaid goes with her tin pella bright
Htoopt by On iprinf underneath tht pin,
And paibte wide the cluttering tIum,
riaiifflt them Into tht babbling pool.
And holili thmn, waiting, till drtnohtd ind cool I
Then rlett and goet through Hit long, wot gnto,
II; tlit narrow path what tht rnttlt pen,
Chterily calling, ttrong and free,
MtMxk-n! bVMKk-t! Bo-ook-e!"
It.
Otar tht hill whara tht dying tan
linger a momanl whan il U dona,
And RnahM lha ami with I flood of light,
Tlit plowboy goat la tin frag'ant night.
Hinging and whittling right merrily,
For hit heart It clean and hit tout It frea
HwiMiing tht llowera, and taking nu kad
How far In tha dittanoe Iht bore feed ,
And Utey tidlt away wilk a long, tlow lope,
Whan ht talU "tVp, fan! (Vp, Hill! (Vp! (Vp!"
vile -.'' wa4f.
III.
Oat to tht barnyard tha farmer go.
Wbtrt tht atrtam ttaalt thro' and tlngt u It flowt
Wearily plodding with toil-worn feat,
Ht yet fiuda aomathlng ragaely twaat
In tht low, toft murmur of myriad f roge
And lha noly weloome of wall-kept hog I
Ha oonnU them -and ont It away or loet i
Ho qalok In tha trough tha food la toaae.1,
Whllt tht farmer ealla loudly and anilimlr,
"Po-oo-e! i'o-ooel Puoa-al"
IT.
Out to tha orchard tha boueewlfe goee,
Whara tha dewt fall think ly on panif and rote,
Cheea tha chicken from rot on tht traea
And inrllaa them Into lha ooop, If they pleaee
Coonta and reeonntt them, bat ont It gone,
8lt tearabea tht orohard, the garden, Ilia lawni
Kt an In tha grata that li deep and wet,
Hha looka for Iht plana where " Hpwkia M hat aet
Kaltllng the wheat, aha ealla, aoeilngty,
-Ch-nok-a! Ch-nek-a! Cbach-e!"
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la tha little whlu ehamber where all la etltl.
And tha roe peep la at their own tweet will,
Tha young mother tile with a child at her braaet,
Tenderly trying to Ull It to raet
Dimpled bandt fondle her b worn of enow.
And vet llpa prate kleei-wnlJe ehe ting low.
M O, bab thee, darling, and go In eleep,
Thara't time enough-time, deri-left to waep i
0, baeh thee-noah-" alia croon, dreamily -"
Hoah lW-kuh thea-hab thea-a! "
Klu HiKiiaaog.
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