And is so kind to me,
I must do always what is right,
His gentle child must be.

[Illustration]




THE ARK AND THE DOVE.


[Illustration: Letter A.]

A rain once fell upon the earth
For many a day and night,
And hid the flowers, the grass, the trees,
The birds and beasts, from sight.

The deep waves covered all the land,
And mountain-tops so high;
And nothing could be seen around,
But water, and the sky.

But yet there was one moving thing,--
A still and lonely ark,--
That, many a weary day and night,
Sailed o'er that ocean dark.

At last, a little dove was forth