Ives, Sarah Noble, 1864-1944 · New York : R.H. Russell · leaf 28
llions of stars;And I was quite frightened, but Jimmy looked bold,And Alice just shivered—she said it was cold. We timfdly knocked, and then, just as I feared They would not let us in, lo! the bars disappeared, And the stars dropped right down from the sky, and behold! Each one was a lamp for a… … But O the sweet fairies! I never could tell Of the rose-hues we saw in that wonderful dell— The daffodil-yellow, the purple and green, But the sweetest of all was the lily-white Queen. They sang of the land of the Sugary Dews,Where children may eat a whole pie, if they choose-,A wonderful land,…
Children's poetry, American
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