YOUR FACES.
I KNOW you are rosy, children,
I know your eyes are bright,
That your cheeks have the cunningest dimples,
And your brows are fair as the light.
But I know something else, my darlings,
That maybe you have not heard.
So listen, my pets, and remember
A wise old grandmother's word.
Whenever you fret or quarrel,
Whenever you frown or cry,
There's a line on your face that tells it,
And will tell it by and by;
And when you would fain look pleasant,
The tell-tale marks will say,
"She or he may try to be pretty,
But have been cross in their day."
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HE sendeth sun, He sendeth shower,
Alike they're needful for the flower;
And joys and tears alike are sent
To give the soul fit nourishment.
As comes to me, or cloud or sun,
Father, thy will, not mine, be done!