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Fancies

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
April
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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If I were a ilay, O youshould see, Wliat a wonderlul April üay I would be ! I woukl break witb u loweriug look In tbe west. And close wlth a beauliful how In the east; I wou hl slmk f frora the clouds a shower o rain, An.l smiii' iiif next moment wl tb sunsblne agatn; Every bush and tree and biadeof graBS Wnuld sliout, "I com s !" aud wull 'alas !" 1 wc ui ld dampen tbs hopes of the llttle ones, And remove all thelr fears ere tbe day Is don ; The boys would whistle, the (jlrls would sing, Aud every bell forjoy should ring; Kvery man and beaat aud blrd should be Ktjolced, uch au April day to nee. If a book, I would be no ponderous tome, But, ".Songs for tbe llttle oui-s at bome," Wlth my name In gold on covers of green. And tbe prettiest plclures between tbem ¦eaaj No colored ctirotnos or fine steel plates. Hut the nealest woodcutK of all Ihe States; I would teil how high John White flew hls ktie, And slng a ¦lullaby-by" eaoh nigbt; I would teil of the eau, and dogs, aud sneep, Aud the lnmbs the "Tender Shepberd" keeps; Of the hobby horse and the boy that rode, The good inonly oow, the top and the toad; Ui SusleV gay party, and Kohble's last spare; Oh ! tiit Is tbe kind of book I would be !

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News