Ives, Sarah Noble, 1864-1944 · New York : R.H. Russell · leaf 31
ow.So I promised, and Ive kept the secret well. 27 When to-dav 1 climbed the tree. J Those two birds had eompam ;There were five small squirming children in the nest; And the Robins whispered me, Twas a case of charitv,For the poor wee birdies were not even dressed. And those little wriggling… … OJTOW.
Children's poetry, American
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