. St. Nicholas [serial] . CRASPKD IT HY KOTH THK TIIIM,AND SMILINGLY HELD IT UP TO HIM IX The king, as on the previous not find in his heart to sayAught in disparagement of her way. XI It proved a very successful way;And this is the origin, so they say,Of the tig, or loving-cup, of THE PINK SILK LADY By MARGARET WIDDEMER When the lessons very long,And the figures all come wrong,And the teacher sits and sighs,Then I always shut my eyesAnd forget the stupid sums—And the Pink Silk Lady comes. She has yellow hair, I her cheeks and lips are pink;She can tell I
. St. Nicholas [serial] . CRASPKD IT HY KOTH THK TIIIM,AND SMILINGLY HELD IT UP TO HIM IX The king, as on the previous not find in his heart to sayAught in disparagement of her way. XI It proved a very successful way;And this is the origin, so they say,Of the tig, or loving-cup, of THE PINK SILK LADY By MARGARET WIDDEMER When the lessons very long,And the figures all come wrong,And the teacher sits and sighs,Then I always shut my eyesAnd forget the stupid sums—And the Pink Silk Lady comes. She has yellow hair, I her cheeks and lips are pink;She can tell I want to she takes me far awayWhere theres nothing hard to the things you want come true. There we play for hours and hoursIn a garden full of flowers—Pink silk roses, growing tall,And she lets me pick them on the tallest treeHangs a pink silk dress for me ! Then she takes me way upstairs,\Vhere we sit on pink silk fill the halls,And I see around the wallsAll the toys I ve ever knownWaiting just to be my own. Then I hear the teachers footClose to where my desk is put,And I hear her laugh, and say,Is the work all done to-day?Then my lovely time is throughAnd the sums are there to do. 690 BOY SCOUTS IN THE NORTH; OR, THE BLUE PEARL By SAMUEL SCOVILLE, JR.
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