EVA'S PRAYER.
DARLING baby Eva,
_ Kneeling by my chair,
In the autumn twilight,
Lisping out her prayer.
Small hands clasped together,
Bowed the golden head,
Blue eyes closed, lips parted,
"Our Father," faintly said.
Then, as the head bowed lower
Upon my darling's breast,
Came, "Eva seepy, mamma,
And Dod knows all the rest."
I took my sleeping child
With all a mother's love,
And laid her down to rest,
Then knelt to God above.
And while the evening shadows
Were falling silently,
I asked for her a blessing
There, on my bended knee.
One half my yearning thoughts
My words have ne'er expressed;
But still I feel, with her,
That God knows all the rest.
F. S. Lovejoy.