 | Hagar |  |
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MABEL'S WISH.
O would I were a fairyUp in a cherry tree,
And if 'twere always summer
How happy I would be.
I would breakfast on a cherry,
And when I came to dine;
The stone should be a wine-glass,
To hold my ruby wine.
The bee should bring me honey,
And the butterfly should bear;
My tiny form whenever
I wished to take the air.
The winds should bring me odors,
From the fields of new mown hay;
And the birds should give me music,
All the live-long summer day,
No lessons in the tree top,
No puzzling sums for me!
O would I were a fairy
Up in a cherry tree,
And if 'twere always summer.
How happy would I be,
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