Soap-Bubbles.

"O George! how large your bubble is!
    Its colors, too, how bright!
Just like the rainbow that we saw
    On high, the other night.

"Now throw it off, and let it float
    Like fairies in the air!
It's broken, Georgie; never mind,
    But blow another there."

Their mother, just within the door,
    Smiled at their childish play,--
A smile, but yet a thoughtful one,
    That seemed these words to say:

"My little Georgie, bubbles burst,
    And are but empty air;
I would that you might love the things
    That last forever fair.

"And ever may my darling Kate
    A trusting spirit bear,
And, when one cherished hope has fled,
    Yet find another there."