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Nestle here with us, and see wonderful things come to pass.' "'What are these wonderful things of which you speak?' I asked. NESTLE HERE WITH US AND SEE WONDERFUL THINGS COME TO PASS WHAT ARE THESE WONDERFUL THINGS OF WHICH YOU SPEAK I ASKED
There were violets on the hill-side, and I fell amongst them and lay there. I kissed them, and they awakened. 'Ah, is it you, little moonbeam?' they said, and they nestled in the grass which the lambs had left uncropped. "A shepherd lay upon a broad stone on the hill-side; above him spread an olive-tree, old, ragged, and gloomy; but now it swayed its rusty branches majestically in the shifting air of night. The shepherd's name was Benoni. Wearied with long watching, he had fallen asleep; his crook had slipped from his hand. Upon the hill-side, too, slept the shepherd's flock. I had counted them again and again; I had stolen across their gentle faces and brought them pleasant dreams of green pastures and of cool water-brooks. I had kissed old Benoni, too, as he lay slumbering there; and in his dreams he seemed to see Israel's King come upon earth, and in his dreams he murmured the promised Messiah's name. "'Ah, is it you, little moonbeam?' quoth the violets. 'You have come in good time. HERE WAS A FRAGRANCE OF CEDAR IN ITS BREATH THERE WERE VIOLETS ON THE HILLSIDE AND I FELL AMONGST THEM AND LAY THERE I KISSED THEM AND THEY AWAKENED AH IS IT YOU LITTLE MOONBEAM THEY SAID AND THEY NESTLED IN THE GRASS WHICH THE LAMBS HAD LEFT UNCROPPED A SHEPHERD LAY UPON A BROAD STONE ON THE HILLSIDE ABOVE HIM SPREAD AN OLIVE TREE OLD RAGGED AND GLOOMY BUT NOW IT SWAYED ITS RUSTY BRANCHES MAJESTICALLY IN THE SHIFTING AIR OF NIGHT THE SHEPHERD'S NAME WAS BENONE WEARIED WITH LONG WATCHING HE HAD FALLEN ASLEEP HIS CROOK HAD SLIPPED FROM HIS HAND UPON THE HILLSIDE TOO SLEPT THE SHEPHERD'S FLOCK I HAD COUNTED THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN I HAD STOLEN ACROSS THEIR GENTLE FACES AND BROUGHT THEM PLEASANT DREAMS OF GREEN PASTURES AND OF COOL WATER BROOKS I HAD KISSED OLD BONONE TOO AS HE LAY SLUMBERING THERE AND IN HIS DREAMS HE SEEMED TO SEE ISRAEL'S KING COME UPON EARTH AND IN HIS DREAMS HE MURMURED THE PROMISED MESSIAH'S NAME AH IS IT YOU LITTLE MOONBEAM QUOTH THE VIOLETS YOU HAVE COME IN GOOD TIME
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