Identifier: bookshelfforboys19univ19 (find matches)
Title: The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: University Society, New York
Subjects: Children's literature Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries Literature Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : University Society
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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tunate dolly,Who was born in FranceAnd given by chanceTo a sweet little girl named Polly. A wee little girlWith hair all a-curl.And dimpled cheeks andshoulders;When I and sheTook an airing, weWere the joy of all beholders ! Day after day, As time passed away,We d nothing to do but keep jolly; But it could not last. For she grew so fast,This dear little girl named Polly! d<-^ IV First she wasseven,Eight, nine, ten, eleven,And then she was four times three !She outgrew her crib,Her apron and bib,And now—she has outgrown Me! Forgotten, forlorn, From night till mornI m left in the play-room corner; From morn till night (n the same sad plight,Like a pie-less Little Jack Horner! VI And Polly, she At school must be,Or else the piano strumming, While I sit here Growing old and queer.Vainly expecting her coming. VII With a frozen stare At the walls I glare,My mind to the question giving, If the life of a dolly Outgrown by PollyBe really worth the living ! POKMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES 25
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EATING BETWEEN MEALS Twixt breakfast and dinner, And dinner and tea,A boy may get bungry As hungry can be. But if he s impatient And eats right awayHis appetite s gone For the rest of the day. Whereas by just waiting, This fact I assert,His bread and potatoes Will taste like dessert.

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