Secor, Eugene, b. 1841, Secor, Alson, b. 1871, Juvenile Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Des Moines, Ia. : Successful Farming · leaf 36
The only word she knows—A word that seems to teH somehow All her delights and woes.(All words are empty sounds unless Some feeling gives tliem stress.)The brindle cat is cousin to The screechowl, I believe.Sometimes she cries the whole nightthrough And dodges all we heave,And this one word makes… … -33-
Children's poetry
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