Query so strange before.

But while he pondered in his heart

How he should to his child reply,

A new, triumphant joy lit up

Her loving, lustrous eye;—

And with this gladsome, new-found thought,

She answered in her own behalf:

"Oh, now, I know; a smile must be

The whisper to a laugh!"

[Pg 24]

[Pg 24]

 "A SPARROW ALONE ON THE HOUSETOP"

Sing, little sparrow, sing thy song.

No peril neareth thee;

Tho night be dark or day be long,

Or clouds hang low, sing on, sing on,

The dear God heareth thee.

Sing, little bird, whate'er befall—

Trill out thine utmost need;

Thou canst not soar, thou canst not fall

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