Plympton, A. G. (Almira George), b. 1852, James R. Osgood and Company. pbl · Boston : James R. Osgood & Co. · leaf 59
^ Oh,Poppy McQuade,my little maid, She told big stories,! am afraid, Foras ov&r her chair I happened to look, I saw she was holding her mothers cook-book 57 … She wished that: she were taller; Op the window not so hi§h, Why couldnt they have made it On a level with her eye! The trees were all in blossom, And the world was fair to see,Yet shut up in the dull houseA prisoner was she. She longed to be a §ay bird, Born in a leafy bower;She be£$ecl she might…
Children's poetry, American
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