"But now and then, just for a treat,
I let her wait awhile;
You shake your head--why, wouldn't you?
Do look at Baby's smile!"
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"Dear Mrs. Primrose will you come
One day next week to tea?
Of course bring Rosalinda, and
That darling--Rosalie."
"Dear Mrs. Cowslip, you _are_ kind;
My little folks, I know,
Will be so very pleased to come;
Dears--tell Mrs. Cowslip so.
"Oh, do you know--perhaps you've not heard--
She had a dreadful fright;
My Daisy with the measles
Kept me up every night.
"And then I've been so worried--
Clarissa had a fit;
And the doctor said he couldn't
In the least account for it."
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MY LITTLE GIRLIE.
Little girlie tell to me
What your wistful blue eyes see?
Why you like to stand so high,
Looking at the far off sky.
Does a tiny Fairy flit
In the pretty blue of it?
Or is it that you hope so soon
To see the rising yellow Moon?
Or is it--as I think I've heard--
You're looking for a little Bird
To come and sit upon a spray,
And sing the summer night away?
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THE CATS HAVE COME TO TEA.
What did she see--oh, what did she see,
As she stood leaning against the tree?
Why all the Cats had come to tea.
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