LITTLE ones, let us be happy together In this beautiful world of ours! Let us be glad in this sweet June weather, With the birds and the breezes and flowers, With the grass and the earth, with the sky and the sun -- Let us be glad in the summer begun! There are praises rising, and prayers are springing, From the heart of creation to-day; Hark! Faith with a chant and a carol is winging Her flight up the heavenly way! Let thought unto thought with the sweetness ring! Little ones, open your hearts and sing! For a loving life breathes a fragrance dearer To God than the breath of a rose, And the song of the soul has a melody clearer Than the lark or the linnet knows; And ever He leans from the silence dim And waits for the music you make to Him. Little ones, let us be part of the story Of joy that the world has to tell! Let us bloom in the beauty and sing of the glory Of God, who has loved us so well! Let us give Him ourselves, for to Him we belong -- Each life be His blossom, each soul be His song! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MODERN LOVE: 47 by GEORGE MEREDITH EPIGRAM ENGRAVED ON THE COLLAR OF A DOG by ALEXANDER POPE TO ALFRED TENNYSON, MY GRANDSON by ALFRED TENNYSON READING LESSON by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD THE LAST MAN: INSIGNIFICANCE OF THE WORLD by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |