Prince and Pearl.
In the very same year, on tlie very same day, Two little babies >vere bom ; One was a doggy, and one was a girl; One was named Prince, and one was named Pearl, All on a New Year's morn. f And in one cradle the babies slept All through the midwinter weather ; One on her pillow, dimpled and sweet, And one curled up at i he darling's feetPrince and Pearl together. But Prince grew fast, as doggies will, Till he soon was large and Btrong, With a coal-black coat that was curly and flue, With a big, big bark and a sorrowful whine; And he learned to know right from wrong. And Prince would sit by the baby Pearl, Rocking her while she slept, Gently, lightly to aud fro, And the mother was free to come or go, For Prince a true watch kept. And he'd bear caresses from baby hands With never so much as a wince; And Pearl on his back was secure from harm, For he'd carry her 6afely all over the farm — Darling, trusty 010 Prince! And when Pearl went to the village school, A mile or more away, Prince carried her basket and primer, too, And would run to fetch her when school was through, At the close ot the long, long day. Oh, they were ever the best of friends, In sunny or stormy weather; Up in the mountains, or down by the sea, In town or country, 'twould always be Prince and Pearl together.
—Emma C. Dowd, in Youths' Companion. P
Prince and Pearl.
Otago Witness, Issue 1805, 25 June 1886, Page 27
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