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Waking from tender sleep, / My neighbour's little child / Put out his baby hand to me, / Looked in my face, and smiled.
It seems as if he came / Home from a happy land, / To bring a message to my heart / And make me understand.
Somewhere, among bright dreams, / A child that once was mine / Has whispered wordless love to him, / And given him a sign.
Comfort of kindly speech, / And counsel of the wise, / Have helped me less than what I read / In those deep-smiling eyes.
Sleep sweetly, little friend, / And dream again of heaven: / With double love I kiss your hand, -- / Your message has been given.
November, 1903.