Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="WITH_A_MAY-BASKET_FOR_BABY_AGNES" id="WITH_A_MAY-BASKET_FOR_BABY_AGNES"></SPAN>WITH A MAY-BASKET FOR BABY AGNES</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i4">Peach-buds to meet thee,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Robins to greet thee,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Hey, little Sweetheart! and May morning, hey!<br/></span> <span class="i4">Sunbeam and sing time,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Bluebird and wing time,<br/></span> <span class="i0">This time is kiss time for sweethearts, I say!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i4">Dearest, God bless thee,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Fold and caress thee,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Unto thy cradle may good fairies fly!<br/></span> <span class="i4">Fortune be fair for thee,<br/></span> <span class="i4">This is my prayer for thee,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Lullaby, little one, hush-a-by-bye!<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</SPAN></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i4">So for a love now<br/></span> <span class="i4">Token thereof now,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Sweet, see this tiny May-basket I bring;<br/></span> <span class="i4">Posies to play with,<br/></span> <span class="i4">Pinks to be gay with,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Dear little baby of sunshine and spring!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />