Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 505
THE LITTLE ITALIAN FLOWER-MERCHANT. 476 FATHER CHIRP. [May, FATHER CHIRP. By S. C. Stone. Three little chirping cricketsCame, one night, to our door;Tried all their keys,Then tried their knees,Till they could try no more. The biggest of the cricketsScratched hard his shiny head; And what to do, And… … THEN TRIED THEIR KNEES. The door, it would not openTo comers so belated ; Nobody heard, Nobody stirred,As still the crickets waited. And then, as on a sudden, By some new impulse bent, Their voices three Rose shrill and free, To give their feelings vent !
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