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? Children 's
Rhymes and Verses
By
Retta Lawrence De Lany
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? LIBRARY of CONGRESS
Two Copies Received
DEC 26 1908
Copyrignt Entry
CLASS O. XXc, Ho,
CbPY 'ss.
Copyright. igo8, by Retta Lawrence De Lany
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? This little book
is affectionately dedicated to my daughters
Anna and Hortense
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? CONTENTS
PAGE
The Promise . . . . . . . . 10
The Wren's Nest II
Aunt Peggie . . . . . . . . 12
Father and Little Glen 14
The Lawn Fete . . . . . . . . 14
The Attic 15
Rhymes of the Presidents . . . . . . 16
Snow Birds . . . . . . . . 18
The Busy Housewife . . . . . . . 18
The Sweet Pea and the Bee . . . . . 19
McKinley and the Carnation . . . . . 20
A Vacation . . . . . . . . 21
The Wild Rose 22
A Porch Party in the Country . . . . 23
The Most Beautiful Spot . 25
Cold November Day . . . . . . 26
Christian Duty . . . . . . . . 27
Pity the Poor 28
Rainy Christmas Eve . . . . . . . 29
Nellie and Her Doll 30
In Memory of a Sister . . . . . . 31
How to Live . . . . . . . . 32
Memories of Childhood . . . . . . 32
Little Ruth Kohler 34
Sleep . . . . . . . . . 35
Prayer for a Christian Worker . . . . 35
Catching a Train . . . . . . . 36
A Merry Christmas to Jack . . . . 37
To the Memory of Mrs. McKinley . . . . 37
Andrew Carnegie . . . . . . . 39
The Campaign . . . . . . . . 39
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CJiildren's Rhymes and Verses
PAGE
The Stray Cat 40
Vice-President Fairbanks . . . . . . 40 [
Frost on the Windows . . . . . . 41
Morning-glory . . . . . . . . 42
A Rose 42
I Remember . . . . . . . . 43
Family Verses . . . . . . . 45
To the Author 47
Holiday Shopping . . . . . . . 47
Don . 47
The City of the Dead 48
Jack Will Sing 49
Roses in the Garden . . . . . . 49
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining . . . . 50
The Back Yard 51
Autumn . . . . . . . . . 51
My Baby 52
Lambs of the Fold . . . . . . . 53
A Daily Prayer 53
A Nutting Party 54
The Beautiful Allegheny . . . . . 56
Glen and I . . . . . . . . 57
Grumbling Husband . . . . . . 57
The Merry Widow Hat 58
Cottage Prayer-meeting . . . . . 58
The Board Fence . . . . . . 59
The Welcome Rain . . . . . . 60
Friends to the Bermudas . . . . . . 60
Christmas Presents . . . . . . 61
The Chafing Dish 61
Apple-tree . . . . . . . . 62
The Dream . . . . . 63
Girls and Boys . . . . . . . 64
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? An oculist I went to see
If blind I was to be.
Go home, take heed,
Take care of your eyes, do not even read.
An education you would have a part,
But be blind, and a broken heart.
The Jluthor
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? Children's Rhymes and Verses
These first few verses will tell the reader when
many of them were written.
From my bed I arise
Long before the sun is in the skies.
Sleep, robin and wren.
That a few verses I mav pen.
The birds awake to soar
While many sleep and snore,
And now I am up again
That something 1 may do with my pen.
Dear Heavenly Father, of this I never tire.
O Father, help me, if it is Thy desire,
That I may write while others sleep,
That a promise I may keep.
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? 10 Children's Rhymes and Verses
The Promise
As I passed from the old church
I saw a picture of the new,
With a swelling heart,
And asked what I could do --
For in its building I must have a part.
In the midst of the night
I asked God for the light
A few verses I might compose
While others' eyes in sleep do close.
For God this promise I made
With His help the new church I would aid.
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? Children's Rhymes and Verses 11
The Wren's Nest
Two little wrens built their nest
In the sprinkling can, away from the rest,
Which hung on the apple-tree limb
Away where no other birdie had ever been.
How the children did beg
To see the dear little blue egg;
There were one, two, three, four
Hid away in birdie's little store.
And one other day
Mother bird flew away ;
For the little birdies were in need
Of something good to feed.
The old gray cat so sly
Watched the nest so hieh,
And, oh my ! she did sigh
For she thought, what a good pie.
The mother bird brought them food
And it tasted so good.
So the little birds used their wines
And flew away and like other birds : sings.
And now we hear their song
For it is all the day long.
I wish we could all happy be
As the dear little song birds we see.
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