Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916, Vawter, Will, 1871-1941 · New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 83
# . ^m ^ •THK OLD TREE SAYS HE S ALL OUB TREE. { ( THE NOBLE OLD ELM So all keep still: An nen slie gone An pat the Old Tree, an says she,—Whose air you, Tree? an nen let on Like she s a-listnin to the Tree,—An nen she say, Its settled,—cause The Old Tree says he s all our tree-His trurik belongs… … [68] THE PENALTY OF GENIUS The Teacher smiles an says at she s Most proud, of all her little menAn women in her school—cause PollHe alius speaks the best of all. An nen she 11 pat him on the cheek.An hold her finger up at you Before he speak j an when he speakIts ist some piece she learn him to !…
Children's poetry, American
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