TWO LITTLE ORPHANS
Reading edition
Two orphans in the world are left, A brother and sister sighing; Two Vireos aggrieved, bereft, Two little orphans crying.
By the Author.
Close clinging to their cheerless nest, Two little birds are trying To call back joys of mother’s breast, A mother, lifeless lying. God’s two-fold plan for making song— Some fiend the while defying— And man’s two friends their whole life long; Two little orphans crying. No answer comes, save from the King, A King who’s aye supplying The needs of the great and smallest thing— His little orphans crying.
By Courtesy of Briscoe and Arnold.