From Hive (clock TO

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IVE o'clock looks out to see dawn illume the skies ;
Six o'clock on summer days sees the sun arise ;

Seven o'clock will list to hear all the children waken—
Presently their way will be to the schoolroom taken.

IGHT o’clock and nine o’clock find the girls and boys
Busy with their books and slates, busy with their toys;
Ten o’clock, oh! that’s the time baby takes a nap ;
Eleven.the baby is awake and coos on Mamma’s lap.

 

 

WELVE o'clock. Oh! hear the din, all the children Shout,
For it’s dinner-time once more and the school is out ;
One, and two, and three o'clock slowly drag away,
Reading, writing, ’rithmetic, not one bit of play.

UT, oh, blessed four o’clock ! have you come at last?
Now the hours will quickly go till the day is past.
Sleds go flying down the hill, snowballs fill the air,
Skates go whizzing o’er the pond, fun is everywhere.

HEN comes five o’clock once more, and the winter sun
Softly sinks behind the hills, and the day is done.
Heaven bless the children all, every hour of every day,
Through the coming glad New Year guide them all the way.

\ : : CHARLOTTE F. DALEY.