Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 270
rx. The little babies in Japan,I see by looking at this fan Nurse left to keep me quiet,Upon their sisters backs are tied,Where all day long they safely ride. I d rather like to try it! It muses me to think, you.know.Of being tied toPolly so ;1 wonder how s/ie \ilike it!Her tennis-ball, Iguess,… … She d take me to the matinee,Beneath her best white feather, Id have to go to school, I spose;And when she prac-tised, goodnessknows,I could nt standit, really !And then, no chanceto crawl orcreep ;And — what aplace to goto sleep!I do love Polly dearly. And it s a very pretty planFor little babies…
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