The Invisible Playmate W. V. her Book & In Memory of W. V.: By William Canton |
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NATURULA NATURANS
Beside the water and the crumbs
She laid her little birds of clay,
For—“When some other sparrow comes
Perhaps they'll fly away.”
She laid her little birds of clay,
For—“When some other sparrow comes
Perhaps they'll fly away.”
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Ah, golden dream, to clothe with wings
A heart of springing joy; to know
Two lives i' the happy sum of things
To her their bliss will owe!
A heart of springing joy; to know
Two lives i' the happy sum of things
To her their bliss will owe!
Day dawned; they had not taken flight,
Tho' playmates called from bush and tree.
She sighed: “I hardly thought they might.
Well,—God's more clever'n me!”
Tho' playmates called from bush and tree.
She sighed: “I hardly thought they might.
Well,—God's more clever'n me!”
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