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"WHAT is wrong with my big brother? " / Says the child; / For they two had got no mother / And she loved him like no other: / If he smiled, / All the world seemed bright and gay / To this happy little May.
If to her he sharply spoke, / This big brother -- / Then her tender heart nigh broke; / But the cruel pain that woke, / She would smother -- / As a little woman can; -- / Was he not almost a man?
But when trouble or disgrace / Smote the boy, / She would lift her gentle face -- / Surely 'twas her own right place. / To bring joy? / For she loved him -- loved him so! / Whether he was good or no
May be he will never feel / Half her love; / Wound her, and forget to heal: / Idle words are sharp as steel: / But above, / I know what the angels say / Of this silent little May.