THE ROAD TO SLUMBERLAND.

Otago Witness, Issue 1490, 5 June 1880, Page 26

THE ROAD TO SLUMBERLAND.

W.trt is tho road to Slu'iberla.nd, And when does the brtbjr go? Tho road lies straight through mother's arm 3 When the sun is sinking low. Ho goes by the drowsy " land of Nod," To the music of " lullaby," Whun all we lambs are safe in the fold, Under the evening aky. A soft little night-gown clean and white, A face washed Bweet and fair ; A uiother brushing the tangks out Fcora the silken, goMen hair; Two littlft tired satiny feet, j From iho shoe and the stocking freo ; Two little palms together clasped At tho mother's pwiont knee. Some baby \vord3 that are drowsily lisped In the ten' cr Shepherd's ear. And a kiss that only a mother can place On the brow of her b&by dear; A little round head that nestles a". last Close to the motber'd breast, And then the lullaby, soft, and low, Singing the song of rest. And close and closer tho blue-veined lida An hiding the baby eyes, As over the road to Slumberland The dear little traveller hies ; For this 1a the way, through mother's arms, AH dear little I) tbies go To the beautiful city of Slumb9rland When tho sun is sinking low,

—Mary D. Brine in Cambridge Tribune.