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Once upon a time : and other child-verses (1897)

Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930 · Lothrop Pub. Co. · leaf 140

An illustration from Once upon a time : and other child-verses, 1897, leaf 140 — e the patter of pearls, on the roof. Up in the garret the darling sat In her little gown of blue,With her lily cheeks and her rosebud lips, And dreamed as she loved to do. Bundles of herbs from the rafters hung; There was many a quaint old chest,A cradle of oak, and a spinning-wheel, In the chimney… … ONCE UPON A TIME And never a magic palace rose, In the days of the Moorish kings, As fair as the Castle the darling builtFrom her sweet imaginings. Rosy and green were the walls, like theheart Of a murmuring ocean-shell;There were jewelled spires, and a slendertower With a swinging silver bell. And…

Children's poetry · Children's poetry -- 1897

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