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"And so you have run all this way to tell me of it, have you, my good boy?"

"Yes, sir."

4. Mr. Bradley jumped out of the chaise, and saw that his trunk, which was strapped underneath his carriage, was unfastened at one end, so that a sudden jolt might have loosened it altogether, and he would have lost it without knowing how it had gone.

"You are very kind, my little lad," said the gentleman, “to take all this trouble; you have saved me from losing my trunk, and I feel much obliged to you."

"You are welcome," answered the boy.

"And now, are you tall enough to hold my horse while I fasten the trunk as it should be?" said Mr. Bradley.

"Oh yes, sir," said the boy, stepping up and taking hold of the bridle. He held the horse till Mr. Bradley was ready to start, and then said, “Good night, sir," and was stepping away.

5. "Stop a moment," said Mr. Bradley, taking a half-crown from his pocket; "here is some money to pay you for your trouble, and I feel very grateful to you besides."

"No, sir," said the boy, drawing himself up erect, and casting his eye full in Mr. Bradley's face; "do you think I would take money for such a thing as that?"

6. "Ah!" said Mr. Bradley, as he related the story to me, "I saw by his noble look, that he had run from half to three-quarters of a mile for the sake of

doing a kindness to a stranger, and not for the hope of pay; and I could not find it in my heart to urge him to take money, for I knew that the thought of having done good was a greater reward to him than money could have been. So I bade him good-night, and he ran toward home, while I rode briskly on; but I often think of that journey of mine through Hampshire, and the noble-hearted boy who lived among its hills."

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1. "I wish I were a little bird,
To fly so far and high,

And sail along the golden clouds,
And through the azure sky.

2. "I'd be the first to see the sun
Up from the ocean spring;
And ere it touch'd the glittering spire,
His ray should gild my wing.

3. "Above the hills I'd watch him still,
Far down the crimson west;

And sing to him my evening song,
Ere yet I sought my rest.

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many a land I then should see, As hill and plain I cross'd;

Nor fear through all the pathless sky
That I should ere be lost.

5. "I'd fly where round the olive bough
The vine its tendrils weaves;

And shelter from the moonbeams seek
Among the myrtle leaves.

6. "Now, if I climb our highest hill,
How little can I see!

Oh, had I but a pair of wings,
How happy should I be!"

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7. "Wings cannot soar above the sky,
As thou in thought canst do;
Nor can the veiling clouds confine
Thy mental eye's keen view.

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'Not to the sun dost thou chant forth

Thy simple evening hymn;

Thou praisest Him before whose smile
The noonday sun grows dim.

9. "But thou may'st learn to trace the sun Around the earth and sky,

And see him rising, setting, still,
Where distant oceans lie.

10. "To other lands the bird may guide
His pinions through the air;

Ere yet he rest his wings, thou art
In thought before him there.

11. "Though strong and free, his wings may droop, Or bands restrain its flight;

Thought none may stay-more fleet its course
Than swiftest beams of light.

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12. A lovelier clime than birds can find

While summers go and come,
Beyond this earth remains for those
Whom God doth summon home."

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1. Ha ha! sparkling little sunbeam! have come in to light up my home. Well, the clouds have kept you away long enough, to be sure! I almost imagined myself deserted by you entirely. For three long days I've been watching that huge gray cloud, behind which you have been playing "bo-peep," hoping to see you coming; but never would you peep long enough to let me have a full glimpse of you.

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