 | Poems and verses by Mary Mapes Dodge |  |
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KITTY.
“Come, Kitty, come!” they said,—
But Kitty hesitated;
Nodding oft her pretty head
With, “I 'm coming soon.
Father 's rowing home, I know,
I cannot think what keeps him so,”
And still she stood and waited.—
“I'm coming soon.”
But Kitty hesitated;
Nodding oft her pretty head
With, “I 'm coming soon.
Father 's rowing home, I know,
I cannot think what keeps him so,”
And still she stood and waited.—
“I'm coming soon.”
“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.”
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“Come, Kate!” her mother called,
“The supper 's almost ready.”
But Kitty in her place installed,
Pleads: “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,
Pleads: “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.”
“Come, Kit!” they half implore.
The girl is softly humming;
She hardly hears them any more,—
But “I'm 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!”
The girl is softly humming;
She hardly hears them any more,—
But “I'm 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!”
| Poems and verses by Mary Mapes Dodge | |