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HE BROUGHT me his report card from the teacher and he said He wasn t very proud of it and sadly bowed his head. He was excellent in reading, but arithmetic, was fair, And I noticed there were several “unsatisfactorys” there; But one little bit of credit which was given brought me joy He was [...]
SOMEBODY wants a new bonnet to wear; Somebody wants a new dress; Somebody needs a new bow for her hair, And never the wanting grows less. Oh, this is the reason I labor each day And this is the joy of my tasks: That deep in the envelope holding my pay Is something that somebody [...]
THE ROSES are bedded for winter, the tulips are planted for spring; The robins and martins have left us; there are only the sparrows to sing. The garden seems solemnly silent, awaiting its blan kets of snow, And I feel like a lonely old fellow with nowhere to turn or to go. All summer I [...]
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