A CHILD'S LAUGH.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 224, 21 September 1907, Page 3

A CHILD'S LAUGH.

A ripple of music, Like waters at play; Like little birds waking To sing in the day; Like pearls of the Orient, Fairer than dew; Like silver bells ringing Or violets blue; Like revels of fairies On pansy-beds sweet; Like tales of vague beauty The soft winds repeat; Like blooms of wisteria Blown on the air; Like hyacinth-perfume Or Columbine fair; Like gold of the sunshine Or green of the grass; Like tiny winds laughing That dance as they pass; So ripples that music So winsomely wild— That sweetest of music. The laugh of a child ! —Robert Francis Allen, in Munsey's ' Magazine.