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McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader by William Holmes McGuffey
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diamonds. What did the elders say to him, when they heard
his reason for not giving them the diamonds at first?



XI. TO-MORROW. (45)

Mrs. M. B. Johnson is the authoress of "To-morrow," one of a collection
of poems; entitled "Poems of Home Life."

1. A bright, merry boy, with laughing face,
Whose every motion was full of grace,
Who knew no trouble and feared no care,
Was the light of our household--the youngest there.

2. He was too young, this little elf,
With troublesome questions to vex himself;
But for many days a thought would rise,
And bring a shade to his dancing eyes.

3. He went to one whom he thought more wise
Than any other beneath the skies;
"Mother,"--O word that makes the home!--
"Tell me, when will to-morrow come?"

4. "It is almost night," the mother said,
"And time for my boy to be in bed;
When you wake up and it's day again,
It will be to-morrow, my darling, then."

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