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The book of joyous children (1902)

Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916, Vawter, Will, 1871-1941 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 40

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e in one,Was there a prouder youngster Under the sun! And NOW—who will tell me,— Where are they all ?Dunk s a sanatorium doctor, Up at Waterfall;Sid s a city street-contractor ; Tom has fifty clerks 5And Jamesy he s the Iron Magnate Of The Hecla Works. And Bub s old and bald now.Yet still he hangs… … Gkacie wuz alius a careless tot;But Gracie dearly loved her doU^An played wiv it on the winder-sillWay up-stairs, when sheought to not,An her muvver telled ^^her so an all 5But she wont mindwhat sJie say—till^First thing she know, -^^her dolly fall Clean spang out o the winder plumbInto the street!…

Children's poetry, American

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