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380 POOR LITTLE FREDDY.
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losing He would 1 the bri sit ght for buoyancy hours gazing that - was wont at the to sky characterize and asking ; _hinu
dreamy questions about the stars and up heaven . He , had lost hi _& child-like and a look of sweet and quiet gravity dwelt
childish about his grace mouth ways ,, , and , and became earnest almost eyes . ethereal His figure in lost its frag its ile chubb love y -
liness . He had no longer a healthy appetite , and scarcely cared Poor to littl touch e Fredd his numerous ! he cculd toys . not tell what he needed to
y or town droop mak a e ing living ramble him beneath well . on A ; romp but a the smooth X influence know with half what of a it s dozen olitude was lawn — noisy the , with and young boys fresh town and Heart air country g , irls and was ,
breezes fanning his pale cheeks grassy , would soon , have brought the liht back to Fredd ' s face and heartand cliased away the
wistful g Why , did careworn not the look mother y from catch his wan her features littl , e one . in her arms
up , sea shut -side up cottage his books where and she pencils could , and pet him run and with h him ave him to som near e
precocious her always _^ sp and iri , t which curb , was as a so mother sadly and knows , so best surel how y under , the
mining is only growing laug the hed , that health at nurse is of all ' the s ; " half then bod -uttered y ? she But returned fears no , . and Fredd to said her y , 's " roun mamma The liments d boy of
fashionabl of her numerous e pleasures acquaintances , and amid the , Mrs caresses . Watson and comp stifled the maternal instinct that had drawn her thoughts for a brief space
to her child . more Meantime angel-like little He Freddy seldom grew more lained silent of - — pain more sp but iritual would
simp often licit plead which to have . spoke " Mamma more than comp " beside anything him else , with of , his a yearning touching
for something y to cling to , and be loved by . And so slowlysurely and silently little Freddy glided from earth .
The "No angels one had wants whispered Freddy there together ; ,
He Within 'll be safer his Saviour with us ' s in care heaven . , * " The _» Fades blossom in yon we foreign lent to land the World ; ,
It And pines its for brother the pure angels life ' waters band . , " We'll go and fetch little Freddy ,
He For 'll be no happ one ier wants here him in heaven there ; ,
Among the cherubs fair . "
380 Poor Little Freddy.
380 POOR LITTLE FREDDY .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1864, page 380, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081864/page/20/
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