Little Phillis Poem by Kate Greenaway

Little Phillis



I AM a very little girl,
I think that I've turned two;
And if you'd like to know my name
I'd like to tell it you.

They always call me Baby,
But Phillis is my name,
No–no one ever gave it me,
I think it only came.

I've got a pretty tulip
In my little flower-bed;
If you would like I'll give it you–
It's yellow, striped with red.

I've got a little kitten, but
I can't give that way,
She likes to play with me so much;
She's gone to sleep to-day.

And I've got a nice new dolly.
Shall I fetch her out to you?
She's got such pretty shoes on,
And her bonnet's trimmed with blue.

You'd like to take her home with you?
Oh, no, she mustn't go;
Good-bye–I want to run now,
You walk along so slow.

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