Potter, Miriam Clark, 1886-1965, Balcom, Sophia T · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. · leaf 51
Is it your heart? peoplewould ask him. But he would shake his head andsay: No, it is not my heart. I do not know whatmakes it. The children loved him, for he told beautifultales of many lands. They used to sit on his door-step, among the hollyhocks and the honeysuckle,and listen to him. While he… … Gave Grandfather Clock a push head in his hands looking down into the valley.For he was sorry that he ticked. He longed to belike other men. as THE MAN WHO TICKED One day some of the people who loved him wentup to the top of the mountain to see old Doctor Pill-passer, to ask him what to do for the…
Children's poetry, American
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