Carolyn Wells Poems

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21.
A Valuable Gift

Old Father Time, one day
In his study, so they say,
Was indulging in a surreptitious nap,
When from his drowsy dreams
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22.
An Alice Alphabet

A is for Alice a-dressing the Queen.
B is for Borogoves, mimsy and lean.
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23.
A Modern Invention

Old Santa Claus is up-to-date,
And hereafter, rumors say,
He'll come with his pack of glittering toys,
And visit the homes of girls and boys,
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24.
The Funny Kittens

Once there were some silly kittens,
And they knitted woolly mittens
To bestow upon the freezing Hottentots.
But the Hottentots refused them,
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25.
Dorothy's Opinion

Mamma has bought a calendar,
And every single page
Has pictures on of little girls
'Most just about my age
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26.
Found Wanting

There lived a wondrous sculptor once, a genius in his way,
Named Phidias Praxiteles Canova Merryday.
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27.
How The Cat Was Belled

A fable told by La Fontaine,
Two centuries or more ago,
Describes some rats who would arraign
A cat, their direst foe,
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28.
My Barometer

My little maid with golden hair
Comes each morning for a kiss;
And I know the day will be fine and fair
When Polly looks like this.
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29.
Opulent Ollie

One Saturday opulent Ollie
Thought he'd go for a ride on the trolley;
But his pennies were few,--
He only had two,--
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30.
Our Club

We're going to have the mostest fun!
It's going to be a club;
And no one can belong to it
But Dot and me and Bub.
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