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Respectfully Dedicated to
Senator + Mrs Stanford

Now that in the due course of marked events
Which by mankind shall e'er be reckoned great
A noble hope will soon be realized!

A humane prompting wisely well fulfilled
There comes to me in vigil of the night
While yet the stars do stud the sombre sky
At cock-crow ere approach of roseal dawn
The swift portrayal of a Mothers heart
With present future and the past combined
In fancy I can see a loving wife
With arms enfolding chubby infant form
Which nestles closely as in happy mood
The little one croons softly in attune
To the sweet lullaby his mother sings
The while she gently strokes the silken locks
Which cluster wreathed in sunshine round the head
So safely pillowed on maternal breast.
The father on whose features there doth rest
A look of deep content is standing near
Watching the babe whose little mimic song
Grows fainter with each breath until at length
At endeth in a long drawn baby sigh
As undisturbed he sinks to peaceful rest.
Fair group fit subject for the Artist's brush
Whose theme is [?]

Respectfully Dedicated to
Senator + Mrs Stanford

Now that in the due course of marked events
Which by mankind shall e'er be reckoned great
A noble hope will soon be realized!

A humane prompting wisely well fulfilled
There comes to me in vigil of the night
While yet the stars do stud the sombre sky
At cock-crow ere approach of roseal dawn
The swift portrayal of a Mothers heart
With present future and the past combined
In fancy I can see a loving wife
With arms infolding chubby infant form
Which nestles closely as in happy mood
The little one croons softly in attune
To the sweet lullaby his mother sings
The while she gently strokes the silken locks
Which cluster wreathed in sunshine round the head
So safely pillowed on maternal breast.
The father on whose features there doth rest
A look of deep content is standing near
Watching the babe whose little mimic song
Grows fainter with each breath until at length
At endeth in a long drawn baby sigh
As undisturbed he sinks to peaceful rest.
Fair group fit subject for the Artist's brush
Whose theme is [?]