TO MY DAUGHTER FLORENCE.

"More Bed-Time Stories," Sweetest Heart, And all to you belong: All that I have and am, my dear, I give you with my song. All that I have and am, my dear, Is not too much to pay As tribute to the fair, young queen Who rules my heart to-day; As tribute to the dear, blue eyes, And to the golden hair, And sweet, new grace of maidenhood That wraps you everywhere,— The shy surprise of maidenhood, That still turns back to hear The tales I tell at shut of day:— So these are yours, my dear. L. C. M. October, 1874.