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When life is young

a collection of verse for boys and girls

Dodge, Mary Mapes (1830-1905)

A PLUMP LITTLE GIRL AND A THIN LITTLE BIRD

THE POET WHO COULD N'T WRITE POETRY

THE WELL-READ HUNTER

POOR MARIONETTE

CONSIDER, NOW, A PAINTER-MAN

A BALL 'S A BALL

THE NAUGHTY LITTLE EGYPTIAN

SEEING IS BELIEVING

TELL ME, DAISY

ARAMANTHA MEHITABEL BROWN

A DEAR LITTLE SCHEMER

THE ROAD TO LEARNING

THE FANCY-DRESS BALL

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO TRIED TO MIND

THE FAIR-MINDED MEN WHO WALKED TO DONAHAN

A BROWN STUDY

“A MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE”

OUT OF THE SKY

I KNOW A LITTLE MAIDEN

A NEW SONG TO AN OLD TUNE

MILD FARMER JONES AND THE NAUGHTY BOY

ALARMED

WHAT HAPPENED TO NELLY

THE LETTERS AT SCHOOL

THE LITTLE BIG WOMAN AND THE BIG LITTLE GIRL

NANNY ANN

THE FOUR LITTLE IMPS

THE SMILING DOLLY

HOW DO BIRDS FIRST LEARN TO SING?

CHRISTMAS EVE

THE CIRCUS CLOWN'S DREAM

TINSEL WITHOUT, BUT METAL WITHIN

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

THE FARMER WHO BECAME DRUM-MAJOR

COURTESY

MAY BLOSSOMS

EIGHT GOOD THINGS ABOUT DOBBIN

A SMART BOY

SEVEN LITTLE PUSSY-CATS

ELEVEN LITTLE PUSSY-CATS

THE KNOWING LITTLE FISH

THE WINDMILL

HAPPY JOHNNY; OR, TAKING LIFE CHEERFULLY

A SANTA CLAUS MESSENGER-BOY

SNOWFLAKES

PHILOPENA

THE MAN WHO DID N'T KNOW WHEN TO STOP

THE OREGON EXPRESS

HOW WILLY'S SHIP CAME BACK

A STIR AMONG THE DAISIES

THE LITTLE KINDERGARTEN GIRL

HOW SHOCKING!

THE BICYCLE BOYS

LITTLE ROSY RED-CHEEK

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A BALL 'S A BALL

A ball's a ball, and nothing more,
When it lies upon the floor.
See how grave and still its air!
Not a bit of frolic there.

What is this? Can Pussy's touch
Change the quiet thing so much?
See it start, and turn, and hop!
Pussy cannot make it stop!

See them scurry! See them leap!
See the two fall in a heap!
Now they roll! and now they run!
Bless me! balls are full of fun!