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

Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930 · Lothrop Pub. Co. · leaf 82

An illustration from Once upon a time : and other child-verses, 1897, leaf 82 — THE CHRISTMAS BALL With butterfly-wings and glistening locks,And wreaths of dewdrops around theirheads! There were little boy-fairies in jew-elled coatsOf pansy velvet, of cost un-told, With chains of daisies aroundtheir throats,And their heads all powderedwith lily-gold ! The b°y-fa^y |n Jewelled… … The fiddlers they boxed up their fiddles all;The fairies they silently flew away ; 75 ONCE UPON A TIME But every child at the Christmas ballHad danced with a fairy first, they say. So they told their mothers — and did not youEver have such a lovely time at your play, My boy and my girl, that it…

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

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