— and dreams of course By opposites always go ;And such line things will never be in this vainworld, I know. 117 ONCE UPON A TIME TIGER LILIES. HOW keepeth my lady the weeds fromher posies,All in the gay summer-time iWhy is it the rose-chafer eats not her rosesFrom the song of the lark till the… … ONCE UPON A TIME THE ENLIGHTENMENT OFMAMMA. f \ MAMMA dear, just listen !I ran away, you know;I saw the grasses glisten,A-bowing to me so. The clovers shook their pink heads too —You wouldnt care I ran away,If how they did you only knew !And I was dressed as much as they —They didnt mind a bit —…
Children's poetry · Children's poetry -- 1897
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