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When life is young

a collection of verse for boys and girls

Dodge, Mary Mapes (1830-1905)

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A DEAR LITTLE GOOSE

THE BEE-CHARMER

THE CALL OF THE SEA

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

ARAMANTHA MEHITABEL BROWN

SCHOOL-BOY TROUBLES

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 MISS IS AS GOOD AS A MILE”

I KNOW A LITTLE MAIDEN

A NEW SONG TO AN OLD TUNE

“PHILOPENA!”

PUZZLED FAIRY-FOLK

MILD FARMER JONES AND THE NAUGHTY BOY

WHAT HAPPENED TO NELLY

JEANNETTE AND JO

DOWN BY THE SEA

THE TALE OF A TUB

THE LETTERS AT SCHOOL

DRESSING MARY ANN

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

THE LITTLE BIG WOMAN AND THE BIG LITTLE GIRL

THE FOUR LITTLE IMPS

THE SMILING DOLLY

HOW DO BIRDS FIRST LEARN TO SING?

THE CIRCUS CLOWN'S DREAM

EIGHT-DAY CLOCKS

TINSEL WITHOUT, BUT METAL WITHIN

THE THREE TIGERS

A TERRIBLE TIGER

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

THE FARMER WHO BECAME DRUM-MAJOR

EIGHT GOOD THINGS ABOUT DOBBIN

SEVEN LITTLE PUSSY-CATS

ELEVEN LITTLE PUSSY-CATS

SOAP-BUBBLES

MASTER THEODORE

TEN LITTLE DOLLS

LITTLE MISS KITTY

“THE WORTHY POOR”

THE SPRINT RUNNER

FUN AT GRANDMAMA'S

THE KNOWING LITTLE FISH

HAPPY JOHNNY; OR, TAKING LIFE CHEERFULLY

A SANTA CLAUS MESSENGER-BOY

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

THE BICYCLE BOYS

LITTLE ROSY RED-CHEEK

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SOAP-BUBBLES

Fill the pipe!
Gently blow;
Now you'll see
The bubbles grow!
Strong at first,
Then they burst,
And then they go
To nothing, O!