LIFE LESSON.

There! little girl; don’t cry!

They have broken your doll, I know;

And your tea-set blue,

And your play-house, too,

Are things of the long ago;

But childish troubles will soon pass by.

There! little girl; don’t cry!

 

There! little girl; don’t cry!

They have broken your slate, I know;

And the glad, wild-ways

Of your school-girl days

Are things of the long ago;

But life and love will soon come by.

There! little girl; don’t cry!

 

There! little girl; don’t cry!

They have broken your heart, I know;  

And the rainbow gleams

Of your youthful dreams

Are things of the long ago;

But heaven holds all for which you sigh.

There! little girl; don’t cry!

  JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY.

 

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