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For the Columbian Fountain
THE CHILD OF SCARCELY Y THREE.
! have little daughter


Of scarcely three years old,
With rosy lips and ruddy face,
And tiny curls Of gold.
Beneath each of her laughing brows
Is set sparkling eye,
AS clear as any jewel is
And dark as any sky.
And at her daily round Of sport,
Her laugh rings out so fine,
] cannot help my hearts desire,
But wish that it were mine.
Her days are always free from care,
No sorrowing has she,
Save when some luckless accident
Breaks in upon her glee.
And then the tears fall from her eyes
And trickle down her face,
But soon those signs of trouble fade
And leave behind no trace;
And she is what she was once more
A sunny featured child,
That gambols as it did before,
And smiles as erst it smiled.
| would | had as warm heart,
! would | were as gay,
And free from every cankering care
As that sweet child of May!
All! never can be like her;
My heart is growing cold,
My hair is mine interpreter,
II tells me am old.
And never may hope to be
Disburdened of my care,
Till death has dug grave for me
And laid my body there.
GEORGETOWN, d. c.. J. S. w.