A LITTLE BOY'S DREAM.
, ; To and fro,:to and fro. In- my littlo boat I go.. Sailing far across the sea, • All alone—just little me. ' . ' And the sea is big and strong, And the journey very-long, • . To and, fro, to and fro, ■ - In my littlo boat I go. , Sea and sky, sea' and sky,' Quietly on, the deck I "lie, Having just a little rest, Ihavo really done my best. - In an awful Pirate fight, ■ But we captured them all right. ■ Sea and sky, sea and sky, Quietly on the deck The. Far away, far away, ' . From my home and from my play, ■ On a journey without end, ■ Only with the sea for friend, 1 ' ~ And the fishes in the sea, But they swim away from me, • Far away, far away, From my homo and from my play. Then ho cried ::"0 mother, dear," And. ho woke and sat upright, '■< They were in the rocking chair, Mother's arms around him tight. ■ . —Kathleen Beauchamp. .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 221, 11 June 1908, Page 5
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162A LITTLE BOY'S DREAM. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 221, 11 June 1908, Page 5
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