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Poems by a Little Girl

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FOUR TO FIVE YEARS OLD

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FIVE TO SIX YEARS OLD

GARDEN OF THE WORLD

VELVETS By a Bed of Pansies

TWO SONGS After Hearing the Wagner Story-book

BY LAKE CHAMPLAIN

THE CHAMPLAIN SANDMAN

ABOUT MY DREAMS

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SIX TO SEVEN YEARS OLD

SONG FOR A PLAY

PEACOCK FEATHERS

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SEVEN TO NINE YEARS OLD

THE LONESOME WAVE

THE WHITE CLOUD

HOLLAND SONG For a Dutch picture

POPLARS

THE TOWER AND THE FALCON

POEM-SKETCH IN THREE PARTS (Made for the picture on the jacket of the Norwegian book, The Great Hunger, by Johan Bojer)

YELLOW SUMMER-THROAT

VENICE BRIDGE For a painting

NIGHT GOES RUSHING BY

IF I COULD TELL YOU THE WAY

CHERRIES ARE RIPE

A THING FORGOTTEN

LITTLE PAPOOSE:

OH, MY HAZEL-EYED MOTHER

THE GREEN PALM TREE

SPARKLING DROP OF WATER

ONLY MORNING-GLORY THAT FLOWERED

SUMMER-DAY SONG

PINK ROSE-PETALS

THE LONESOME GREEN APPLE

THE APPLE-JELLY-FISH-TREE

THE FIELD OF WONDER

THREE THOUGHTS OF MY HEART

SNOW-CAPPED MOUNTAIN

THE BROOK AND ITS CHILDREN

BIRD OF PARADISE

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POPLARS

THE poplars bow forward and back;
They are like a fan waving very softly.
They tremble,
For they love the wind in their feathery branches.
They love to look down at the shallows,
At the mermaids
On the sandy shore;
They love to look into morning's face
Cool in the water.