LITTLE OLD-FASHIONED.
As prim as a lily in some quiet nook, She sits by herself, with her slate or her book, And hears with an air patronisingly gay The voices of other sweet children at play. Demurely sho sighs, by which you infer That auch romping and merriment are not for her. Bat some one's heart whispers that she is her pearl— Her little home-body, her old-fashioned girl.
She " plays tea" alone by her sofa or chair, Rocks baby to sleep with a matronly air. Then sews by tho cracl e. With glasses on, aha A pocket edition »f granny would be. When mother looks careworn, nh 1 quickly she sees, And kuuwa how a fe * southing lovu words will please Then in that dear lap lies each soft, shining curl; She mothers own comfort, her old-fashioned girl. When twilight has mellowed the load play-time din, She qaietly asks: '• Are tho children ail in ?" Or, watching the gate, when a fo.itstep c men near. She whispers: u Tuafs father; I'm so glad bo-g here." The youngest of shoulders, the oldest o.f heads 1 Does any one know a who d.iring who sheds A loy and a sunshine.'mld Ufu's tireless whirl, Like mothers home-body, her old-fashioned girl ?
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 959, 14 April 1888, Page 3
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206LITTLE OLD-FASHIONED. Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 959, 14 April 1888, Page 3
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