Re: ...LITTLE JIM...

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: : : Little Jim : : : The cottage was a thatched one, : : : The outside old and mean : : : Yet everything within that cot : : : Was wondrous neat and clean. : : : The night was dark and stormy, : : : The wind was howling wild; : : : A patient mother knelt beside : : : The death bed of her child. : : : A little worn out creature, : : : His once bright eyes grown dim; : : : It was a colliers only child : : : They called him Little Jim. : : : And oh! to see the briny tears : : : Fast hurrying down her cheeks, : : : As she offered up, a prayer in thought, : : : She was afraid to speak, : : : Lest she might waken one she loved: : : : Far better than her life; : : : For there was all a mothers love, : : : In that poor colliers wife. : : : With hands uplifted, see, she kneels : : : Besides the sufferers bed; : : : And prays that He will spare her boy, : : : And take herself instead. : : : She gets her answer from the child, : : : Soft fell these words from him, : : : Mother, the angels do so smile, : : : And beckon Little Jim. : : : I have no pain, dear mother, now, : : : But Oh , I am so dry; : : : Just moisten poor Jim's lips again : : : And, Mother, don1t you cry. : : : With gentle trembling haste she held : : : The tea cup to his lips; : : : He smiled to thank her as he took : : : Three tiny little sips. : : : Tell Father when he comes from work, : : : I said Good Night to him; : : : And mother, now I1ll go to sleep : : : Alas poor little Jim. : : : She saw that he was dying : : : The child she loved so dear : : : Had uttered the last words that she : : : Might ever hope to hear. : : : The cottage door was open, : : : The colliers step is heard; : : : The Father and the Mother meet, : : : Yet neither speak a word. : : : He knew that all was over, : : : He knew his child was dead; : : : He took the candle in his hand : : : And walked towards the bed. : : : His quivering lips gave token : : : Of the grief he1d failed to conceal : : : And see his wife has joined him, : : : The stricken couple kneel. : : : With hearts bowed down with sadness : : : They humbly asked of Him, : : : In heaven ,once more to meet again : : : Their own poor Little Jim. : : : End. : : : Partly of life1s experience and partly of something remembered I write to relieve, selfishly myself. : : What of Billy? Am I bold to say this happened? : Ok Smiler ( And may I just say how nice it is to hear you are well via the Forum! ) : Billys dead and gone to glory-so has Billys sister Knell: : Theres a tale I know about them .. were I poet I would tell; : Soft it comes with perfume laden, like a breath of country air. : Wafted down that filthy alley, bringing fragrant odours there. : Ok you next verse and me the next until it's finished <g> you asked for it : Dad

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