STORIES FOR CHILDREN.
A BOOK FOR
ALL LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS.
EDITED BY MRS. COLMAN.
NEW YORK:
HOWE & FERRY, 76 BOWERY.
1860.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844,
By P. A. Colman, Brookline,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts
CONTENTS.
| INNOCENCE | 7 |
| THE FAIRY OF THE ROSE | 11 |
| THE LAMMIE | 15 |
| LILLA’S DREAM | 47 |
| THE CHILD’S DREAM AMONG FLOWERS | 64 |
| CHILDHOOD | 71 |
| THE KING OF THE SWANS | 76 |
| CORINNE | 91 |
INNOCENCE.
BY RUFUS DAWES.
I.
An infant child had passed away,
Where angels live and love,—
His heavenly Father wanted him,
And took him home above;
And happy was the child to find
A garden full of bowers,
Where many other children too,
Were playing with the flowers.
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II.
The lambs were skipping on the green,
The trees were full of birds,
And fruit hung down deliciously,
Above the grazing herds;