Bright little poems for bright little people (1902)
Wheeler, Catherine · San Francisco, The Whitaker and Ray Company (Incorporated) · leaf 25
, we long for Christmas,When its spring, we wait for June; For both keep ever calling, Till our brains sing just one tune, — Vacation days, vacation days, You stay so long away!And when at last you visit us, How short you make your stay! But Christmas comes in proper time,With its gifts and… … For Bright Little People. 21 THE SQUIRRELS APPEAL. I in a little, gray-clad squirrel, And my cage is in a shop,Where all day long my funny ways Cause the passers-by to stop.But if they knew my inward grief, As this endless wheel I turn,In my frantic efforts to escape, They would not laugh, but…
Children's poetry
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
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