Sunset ryhmes; or, A few little rhymes I have told a few times to a child I know, when the sun was low .. . / .1 Mi, \ / ^ -^^ \ , y* •i i ? •^ / \ ( MY THOUGHTS I KEEP. Now, little maid, Come here to me ;A penny Ill give. If youll let me seeThe thoughts that you hide Deep down in your breast;I would see one and all The worst and the best. Indeed, my dear sir I Do you really supposeThat the thoughts which I hide Are no better than thoseWhich are held so cheap They are shown to youFor such a mean thing As a penny or two? ^ .3 The thoughts that I keep Deep down in my breastI only disclose To tho
Sunset ryhmes; or, A few little rhymes I have told a few times to a child I know, when the sun was low .. . / .1 Mi, \ / ^ -^^ \ , y* •i i ? •^ / \ ( MY THOUGHTS I KEEP. Now, little maid, Come here to me ;A penny Ill give. If youll let me seeThe thoughts that you hide Deep down in your breast;I would see one and all The worst and the best. Indeed, my dear sir I Do you really supposeThat the thoughts which I hide Are no better than thoseWhich are held so cheap They are shown to youFor such a mean thing As a penny or two? ^ .3 The thoughts that I keep Deep down in my breastI only disclose To those I love best;And those who think That they can be boughtI never would trust With one little thouafht. 24. DO LAUNDRY BOYS GROW? There goes the bell; Now who can it beThat comes just at night? Lets go and it is Joe, The big colored man,With a letter or papers, Or things from the van. 25 Mamas at the door; She has opened it wide,And I saw through the crack; I am sure that I spiedThe black laundry boy With the clothes in a sack. The laundry boys bigger, It seems to me,Than he Avas last summer, When I used to seeHim come to our flat In his old straw any coat; And he waited and satOn the step by the door, And played with me thereFor a minute or more. 26
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