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A little girl on a little bench

By a little window stood,

And a little trouble was in her heart—

"Ah! if I were but good!"

"Not very, very good," she thought,

"Like dear cousin Jane who died;

But only patient, true and kind,

And free from wicked pride.

"I'll pray for that at first," she said,

"Our Father will help me try.

And then, perhaps, He will show the way,

To be very good by and by."

Then upward rose the little prayer—

So earnestly it went,

That the little heart of the little maid

Was filled with a sweet content.

And standing there on the little bench,

She looked up into the sky:

"I'll try to be good right off," she said,

"And better yet, by and by."

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To Mooney and her baby,

Shut in the corner lot,

I'll carry a cooling pailful,

For the day is close and hot.

But Blacky and Snow can help themselves

At the brook as well as not.

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The Moon came late to a lonesome bog,

And there sat Goggleky Gluck, the frog.

"My stars!" she cried, and veiled her face,

"What very grand people they have in this place!"

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