INFANT EILEEN.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 250, 17 October 1918, Page 2

INFANT EILEEN.

Two Mttle arms,' o"f : -milky white, They clung to me, in', pure delight.. Big baby eyes, mirthful and gay, Beautiful deep, dark'pools of grey. ■Clusters of. curls on the golden head, : Innocent baby lips of red. kittle pink fingers and clean. That was our dear-littl'e baby Eileeni When I stood by her little white bed — Big baby eyes and lips of;red — Were up-turned to me for a good-night , ... kiss, ... •Andthen came, .slumber, happy and bliss! (But .that night death came through the '■ open door ; And closed baby lips for evermore—- , Death so silent, grim and cold, Carried away our treasure of gold. [When we found her so in the mornfing ( light •It -was hard to bear—but Cod is right, 'Bis work are good—and he knows best. IThere we laid our angel-child-.to rest—- ■' Where the sun shines ore the ever-green. '-Can-'fc you come back to us Baby I Eileen? 3 And in answer I seem to hear the rei!"l'm waiting for you to come bv and

Little white tombstone that stands 'neath the tree, — O'er where my darling is waiting for me. [Baby's at rest, of care she has none—In my heart I say "Thy will be done." ;Dear little ; Eileen, whom I love, : Rests in Heaven with Cod above— Oh, God, make me pure and keep my soul clean, That I may some day see Baby ESeenf. —Gladys Winduss.