Poem by John Bannister Tabb

An Idolater

  The Baby has no skies
  But Mother's eyes,
      Nor any God above
      But Mother's Love.
  His angel sees the Father's face,
  But _he_ the Mother's, full of grace;
  And yet the heavenly kingdom is
      Of such as this.

1. The New-Year Babe
2. The Bee and the Blossoms
3. An Interview
4. High and Low
5. Doctor Tumble-Bug

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