THE BIRD'S SONG IN THE NIGHT.




 Ada woke one summer night


(Asleep for hours she'd been),


And saw outside her window some


Moon-flowers peeping in;


And from the sky the big, round moon


Itself looked down on her,


And in the whole wide world there seemed


To be no sound nor stir.


So silent were all things, her heart


Beat with a nameless fear,


When suddenly a little bird


Near by sang, loud and clear,


A pretty, trilling song, that rang


Out gaily on the night,


As though the singer's heart was full


Of innocent delight.


And as he sang, "Dear: birdie, thanks,"


The child said, joyfully.


"You tell me that if you are not


Afraid, I should not be,


For the angels who take care of you,


Watch over me will keep.


Good night, dear bird." And very soon


Once more she was asleep.


 


 


Harper's Young People.