golden eyes,We would not adore the roses alway, and no-body else, on a sunny day.If we, my baby, were butterflies, with purple winglets and golden eyes,Far away, far away, over land or sea, we wouldcome to the honey we love in thee. 22 AN OLD MAXIM AN OLD MAXIM. COME, Silver-tongue, and hear the… … Seen but never heard never heard. 123 ONCE UPON A TIME NANNYS SEARCH. NANNY, my dear little Nanny! and where have you been to-day ?Your little coats old, and the wind blows cold, and where have you been, I pray ? Dear Granny, Ive been to the forest to look for a Christmas-tree —Santa Claus is so…
Children's poetry · Children's poetry -- 1897
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