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THE SUNSET.

'T was sunset, and a summer's night; The evening sky was gay and bright, Clouds of all forms and colors, were Sailing and shining through the air. And many a child's delighted eye Was fixed upon that evening sky, Wondering if angels bright and fair, Dwelt not amid the glories there.

Helen and Kate were standing near A river's brink; the waters clear Were calm, and on its bosom, laid The sunset scene without a shade. Helen and Kate were wild with glee, These colors at their feet to see ;

They gambolled round their charmed mother,
They called loud for their baby brother,
They wanted all they ever loved,

To see these bright clouds rest unmoved
So quietly upon the river,

A sight to be remembered ever.

A bark was heard, and then a bound,
The children turned their faces round,
And there was Brutus, on the run,
In search of frolic and of fun.

He was a black and handsome creature,
And noble, both in form and feature ;
He rushed amid the quiet clouds,
Unheeding Kitty's warning words.
He was her favorite and her pet,
She hated that he should get wet.
But he had no such fears in view,
He loved to swim and frolic too;
He liked to plash the waters round,
And listen to their cooling sound;
He made the clouds to change their places,
He dashed them in a thousand pieces,

And seemed delighted with his play,
Chasing the radiant scene away.
Nor he alone, for evening made

Them gently darken with her shade ;
How soon all bright things always fade!

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DISOBEDIENCE.

"Mother," said Henry one beautiful day, "Shall I go to the fields, and find a bouquet, Our pretty new vases to fill?

"Yes," said his mother, "but Henry, my dear, The banks of the pond I would not go near, But go to the side of the hill."

"Yet the flowers of which you are very fond, The brightest and sweetest, grow round the pond; Now pray, mother, do let me go."

"I cannot, my child, it is dangerous there; Others there are in the field, quite as fair

And now you have heard me say,

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Away ran the boy with his dog by his side,
For Tiger was oft his protector and guide,

And loved to take care of the child.

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