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41
COMING HOME
“Come, Kitty, come!” I said:
But still she waited—waited,
Nodding oft her pretty head
With, “I'm coming soon.
Father 's rowing home, I know,
I cannot think what keeps him so,
Unless he 's just belated;
I'm coming soon.”
But still she waited—waited,
Nodding oft her pretty head
With, “I'm coming soon.
Father 's rowing home, I know,
I cannot think what keeps him so,
Unless he 's just belated;
I'm coming soon.”
“Come, Kate!” her mother called,
“The supper 's almost ready.”
But Kitty, in her place installed,
Said, “I'm coming soon.
Do let me wait. He 's sure to come;
By this time Father 's always home—
He rows so fast and steady;
I'm coming soon.”
“The supper 's almost ready.”
But Kitty, in her place installed,
Said, “I'm coming soon.
Do let me wait. He 's sure to come;
By this time Father 's always home—
He rows so fast and steady;
I'm coming soon.”
42
“Come, Kit!” her brothers cried;
But Kitty by the water
Still eagerly the distance eyed,
With “I'm coming soon.
Why, what would evening be,” said she,
“Without dear father home to tea?
Without his ‘Ho, my daughter’?
I'm coming soon.”
But Kitty by the water
Still eagerly the distance eyed,
With “I'm coming soon.
Why, what would evening be,” said she,
“Without dear father home to tea?
Without his ‘Ho, my daughter’?
I'm coming soon.”
“Come, dear!” plead one and all,
But Kitty 's softly humming;
She hears a cheery distant call,—
“And he 's coming soon”
Is in her heart; for, far from shore,
Gliding the happy waters o'er,
She sees the boat, and cries, “He 's coming!
We 're coming soon!”
But Kitty 's softly humming;
She hears a cheery distant call,—
“And he 's coming soon”
Is in her heart; for, far from shore,
Gliding the happy waters o'er,
She sees the boat, and cries, “He 's coming!
We 're coming soon!”
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