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When the heart is young (1902)

Whitelock, William Wallace, 1869-1940 · New York, E. P. Dutton & company · leaf 88

An illustration from When the heart is young, 1902, leaf 88 — h,And there seemed no shghtest semblance Of a reason for his birth ;He was lazy, old, and shabby, And the work that he had doneIn his life you might have crowded In the time from sun to sun. He would sit around and idle When he knew at home the larderWas empty — t was the period When he seemed to… … AND THE SAILING-BOATS HE FASHIONEDWERE A WONDER AND DELIGHT The Man Who Loved the Children 6i But he loved the children deady, And the children loved him, too;And although he would nt labor In the ordinary way,For a little man or woman He would work the livelong day. He could make a bow and arrow…

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