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 Elizabhth E. Turner Sawyer, 
 (Mrs. C. B. Sawyer) 
 
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 Copyright, 1S91, by 
 Mrs. Elizabeth E. Turner Sawyer 
 
'(olie Singing Qiroof[. 
 
 H, Singing Brook! the hillside 
 Is vocal with your song, 
 As down your rocky pathway 
 You gaily glide along. 
 You sing of happy childhood 
 When rippling in your glee, 
 You join them in your laughter, 
 As merry, glad and free. 
 
 Of manhood strength and freedom, 
 As dashing down you go. 
 Of progress and persistence 
 In your ever onward How. 
 You sing of joy and gladness 
 When sparkling in the sun, 
 And then of care and sadness 
 When day's bright course is run. 
 
Of peace and sweet contentment 
 Thro' valleys fair and green, 
 Of health, of hope and happiness, 
 Where pleasant homes are seen. 
 You sing to soothe our sorrows 
 In murmurs soft and low, 
 So gently lull the tumult 
 And banish care and woe. 
 
 You gladden rocky hillsides, 
 
 Give life to stately trees, 
 
 The tiniest flower and blade of grass, 
 
 Beasts, birds and busy bees. 
 
 In shady nooks and corners. 
 
 All foir things growing there. 
 
 The feathery ferns and mosses 
 
 Screened from the noontide o-lare. 
 
You freshen all your pathway, 
 
 Make all your borders bright, 
 
 Your clear, sweet, sparkling water 
 
 To all is a delight. 
 
 In harmony with nature 
 
 You ever sweetly sing, 
 
 Have, since you leaped forth Hashing 
 
 From your deep, dark living spring. 
 
 Wisdom and love have crowned you 
 With crystal, liquid life; 
 How wonderful your powers, 
 With untold blessings rife. 
 Go! scatter rich gifts freely, 
 Sing gladly all your way, 
 Tell all the bliss o^ giving 
 Can cheer life's longest day. 
 
Show how our life you mirror, 
 
 From childhood to all age. 
 
 That in your song you mingle 
 
 The wisdom of a sage. 
 
 Could we but read your message, 
 
 And learn the lesson right, 
 
 Our hands would scatter blessings, 
 
 Make all life's journey bright. 
 
 Elizabeth E. Turner Sawyer, 
 (Mrs. C. B. Sawyer). 
 Wolf borough, N. H. 
 
 July 20th, 1891. 
 
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