hem little, the neighbors said. But Mary and John had laid a schemeFor future days, when their fortune came,And they were playing the grown-up game. They would have a cottage of their own,With roses and woodbine overgrown,And the largest fig-tree ever known. There they would live their whole lives… … JMY NEW-YEy\F[g QIFT. I AM going to give my orange To little Kosie Bell,For she is very sick and poor, And it may make her well. 212 HOME SONGS. I have so many good things,But she so very few; Her toys are old and broken,But mine are nice and new. So on this New Years morning,When we are all so…
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