A Life-Lesson

There! little girl, don’t cry!     They have broken your doll, I know;       And your tea-set blue,       And your play-house, too,     Are things of the long ago;       But childish troubles will soon pass by.—           There! little girl, don’t cry! There! little girl, don’t cry!     They have broken your slate, I know;       And the glad, wild ways       Of your school-girl days     Are things of the long ago;       But life and love will soon come by.—           There! little girl, don’t cry! There! little girl, don’t cry!     They have broken your heart, I know;       And the rainbow gleams       Of your youthful dreams     Are things of the long ago;       But Heaven holds all for which you sigh.—           There! little girl, don’t cry!