I'll Do What I can.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 94, 22 April 1893, Page 12

I'll Do What I can.

(By 'Malvina.')

•I'll do what I can,1 said a bright-ey«d girl ; * '"" And she gathered a fresh bouquet Of the sweetest buda and flowers, and placed In the room where her sick mother lay • And at night, when the angel of sleep came around, He tucked under May's head a nLU*»» <4 down.

• I'll do what I can,' said a thoughtful boy And he brought out the rake and hoe ; ' Cleaned out the potatoes, the beets, audthe

peas, And the onions, row by row; And the showers came on, and the warm bright sun, And finished the work which the boy begun.

'I'll do what 1" can,' said a wayside flower, ' I'm a tiny thing, to bo sure ; But my cup is as deep as some others I know, And the dew that I hold is pure. So I'll catch what I can for the bee that comes nigh And scent the rough gale as it passes me by.'

• I'll do what I can,' the streamlet said, As it ran oa its pebbly way ; ' I'll scatter life on every side, And bring up the flowret gay. I'll sing to the mountain, the meadow, the vale, Give drink to the thirsty, and strength to the frail.1

* I'll do what I can,' said a big bumble-bes, As he viewed his bountiful store, Which was stowed in the trunk of a larg» apple tree. ' I'll work all I can, and more— I'll sting every boy that comes under this tree To steal the nice fruit from the owner and me.'

So they did what they could, each one in its way, And the world was the happier by it, And if any of you little childreu doubs What I say, I ask you to try it; And you'll find that through life 'tis an excellent plan In every condition to do what you can.