Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 · Boston, Houghton, Osgood and company · leaf 103
the paper read.The stories are told, then all to bed.Without, the crickets ceaseless songMakes shrill the silence all night long ; The heavy dews are falUng.The housewifes hand has turned the lock ;Drowsily ticks the kitclien clock ;The household sinks to deep repose ;But still in sleep the… … BOYS PLAY AND GIRLS PLAY. Now, lets have a game of play,l;uey, Jane, and little May !I will lie a grizzly Ijear :Prowling here and prowling there. our OF DOORS. 87 SnifiBug round and round about.Till I find you cliildreu out;And my dreadful den shall beDeep within the hollow tree. Oh, no ! please…
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