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A Little Book

OF

WESTERN VERSE

BY EUGENE FIELD.

A Little Book of

PROFITABLE TALES.

A Little Book of

WESTERN VERSE.

Each, 1 vol., 16mo, $1.25.

OF

WESTERN VERSE

BY

EUGENE FIELD

NEW YORK

CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

704. 29, 19442

LIBRARY

Copyright, 1889

BY EUGENE FIELD

University Press:

JOHN WILSON AND SON, Cambridge.

ΤΟ

MARY FIELD FRENCH.

A dying mother

gave to you

Her child a many years ago;

How in your gracious love he grew,

You know, dear, patient heart, you know.

The mother's child you fostered then

Salutes you now and bids you take

These little children of his pen

Το

And love them for the author's sake.

you I dedicate this book,

And, as you read it line by line,

Upon its faults as kindly look

As you have always looked on mine.

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Yet were I happy if I knew
These children had the power to speak
My love and gratitude to you.

E. F.

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