The Dying Mother's Request.

Come then, my boy, my Willie, come and sit down here by me,
I'll quit my work for a moment, and I'll tell a tale to thee-
A tale of thy dear mother-you never knew her, boy;
You were her only child, Willie, our only earthly joy.

You were her only child, Willie; she died when you were born.
It was a bright May evening-and yet, at break of morn
Unto Him who gave in mercy her spirit upward hied;
Your eyes had scarcely opened when she looked at you and died.
You never knew her, Willie; a mother's lips once pressed-
A mother's arms your 'baby' form a moment have caressed;
And then in peace she flew away to Him who gave thee life,
And left this sad and weary world, its troubles and its strife.
It was a bright May morning, some ten long years agone,
We sat on yonder stile, Willie, and heard the Mavis' song,
In the wood the doves were cooing as there our troth we gave,
And still I'm living here, Willie, and she is in her grave.

It was a bright May evening, some eight long years agone,
The birds in yonder coppice sang perchance the selfsame song ;
In the wood the doves were cooing, the limes their fragrance shed-
Your Mother she was hastening to join the happy dead.
'Twas night-the moon was shining o'er the top of yon high hill;
The world was hushed in slumber, and all was calm and still,
When the morning sun bright gleaming adown the coppice side
Brought on the busy daylight-then she looked at you and died.
And she spake as she was dying-her words were all of thee;
She bade me tell thee of her-and she gave thee all to me;
And she bade me to watch o'er thee-to tell thee what she said,
These her last words-" tell him all this, when I'm laid among the dead."
"Oh tell him that his mother on her death-bed prayed a prayer"
(Twas when none but thou and she and her God were present there),
She prayed the "God of Heaven, in His mercy and His love,

To guard him and watch o'er him from His mansions up above."
"To guide his tripping footsteps, and to guard him in life's fray;
To teach him to be faithful, to honour what you say;
To teach him to be truthful, to be gentle, and to tread
The footsteps of his Maker with solemn fear and dread."

The winds were blowing low, Willie; 'twas then she passed away,
When the sun had left the east for the dawning of the day;
Its rays lit up her face, a bright gleam was in her eye,
It told of angels' welcome in her home with them on high.
The last word that she uttered was her prayer to God for thee,
To make thee love and fear Him-and to love and honour me;
You'll remember what she said? (though you never saw her here)
Her last dear words-her dying prayer-some day you'll meet her there.
The child knelt down before him-and he lisped his childlike prayer,
His little eyes were glistening with the tears that gathered there,
And he murmured in his meekness, his words were good though few,
A prayer unto his Maker, to be dutiful and true.

Oh make me like my mother, my mother good and kind

Oh give to me her meekness and her lowly gentle mind;

That when my race is run we may sleep our last long sleep,

Locked in each other's arms, where the righteous cease to weep. E. H. T.

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The Dying Mother's Request.

Come then, my boy, my Willie, come and sit down here by me,
I'll quit my work for a moment, and I'll tell a tale to thee-
A tale of thy dear mother-you never knew her, boy;
You were her only child, Willie, our only earthly joy.

You were her only child, Willie; she died when you were born.
It was a bright May evening—and yet, at break of morn
Unto Him who gave in mercy her spirit upward hied ;
Your eyes had scarcely opened when she looked at you and died.
You never knew her, Willie; a mother's lips once pressed—
A mother's arms your 'baby' form a moment have caressed;
And then in peace she flew away to Him who gave thee life,
And left this sad and weary world, its troubles and its strife.
It was a bright May morning, some ten long years agone,
We sat on yonder stile, Willie, and heard the Mavis' song,
In the wood the doves were cooing as there our troth we gave,
And still I'm living here, Willie, and she is in her grave.

It was a bright May evening, some eight long years agone,
The birds in yonder coppice sang perchance the selfsame song;
In the wood the doves were cooing, the limes their fragrance shed-
Your Mother she was hastening to join the happy dead.
"Twas night-the moon was shining o'er the top of yon high hill;
The world was hushed in slumber, and all was calm and still,
When the morning sun bright gleaming adown the coppice side
Brought on the busy daylight-then she looked at you and died.
And she spake as she was dying-her words were all of thee;
She bade me tell thee of her-and she gave thee all to me;
And she bade me to watch o'er thee-to tell thee what she said,
These her last words-" tell him all this, when I'm laid among the dead.”
"Oh tell him that his mother on her death-bed prayed a prayer"
(Twas when none but thou and she and her God were present there),
She prayed the "God of Heaven, in His mercy and His love,

To guard him and watch o'er him from His mansions up above."

"To guide his tripping footsteps, and to guard him in life's fray ;
To teach him to be faithful, to honour what you say;

To teach him to be truthful, to be gentle, and to tread
The footsteps of his Maker with solemn fear and dread."

The winds were blowing low, Willie; 'twas then she passed away,
When the sun had left the east for the dawning of the day;
Its rays lit up her face, a bright gleam was in her eye,
It told of angels' welcome in her home with them on high.
The last word that she uttered was her prayer to God for thee,
To make thee love and fear Him-and to love and honour me;
You'll remember what she said? (though you never saw her here)
Her last dear words-her dying prayer-some day you'll meet her there.
The child knelt down before him-and he lisped his childlike prayer,
His little eyes were glistening with the tears that gathered there,
And he murmured in his meekness, his words were good though few,
A prayer unto his Maker, to be dutiful and true.

Oh make me like my mother, my mother good and kind
Oh give to me her meekness and her lowly gentle mind;
That when my race is run we may sleep our last long sleep,
Locked in each other's arms, where the righteous cease to weep.

E. H. T.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.

METALLIC PEN MAKER TO THE QUEEN,

BY ROYAL COMMAND.

JOSEPH GILLOTT

EGS most respectfully to inform the Commercial World, Scholastic Institutions, and for making Steel Pens, and, in accordance with the scientific spirit of the times, he has introduced a NEW SERIES of his useful productions, which for EXCELLENCE OF TEMPER, QUALITY OF MATERIAL, and, above all, CHEAPNESS IN PRICE, he believes will ensure universal approbation, and defy competition.

Each Pen bears the impress of his name as a guarantee of quality; and they are put up in the usual style of boxes, containing one gross each, with label outside, and the fac-simile of his signature.

At the request of persons extensively engaged in tuition, J. G. has introduced his WARRANTED SCHOOL AND PUBLIC PENS,

which are especially adapted to their use, being of different degrees of flexibility, and with fine, medium, and broad points, suitable for the various kinds of writing taught

in Schools.

Sold Retail by all Stationers, Booksellers, and other respectable Dealers in Steel Pens.-Merchants and Wholesale Dealers can be supplied at the Works, GrahamStreet; 96, New Street, Birmingham;

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