A being strange and wonderful, That knows but how to sleep and eat;With tiny fists, like rose-leaves curled, Round, dimpled limbs and restless feet. Oh, lulla-lullaby ! With happy wonder, ever new,She watches all his baby ways. Her books and toys unheeded lie,While constant at his side she… … TEN YEAES OLD. DAY-DEEAMS. I measueed myself by the wall in the garden ;The hollyhocks blossomed far over my head.Oh, when I can touch, with the tips of my fingers,The highest green bud, with its lining of red, I shall not be a child any more, but a woman.Dear hollyhock blossoms, how glad I shall…
Children's poetry · Picture books for children
Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
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