Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, QUALITY, by BERTON BRALEY


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First Line: We have a modest little home
Last Line: She is the best—and she's our own!
Subject(s): Babies; Infants


We have a modest little home,
It's like a million homes, I guess,
A yard, a bit of garden loam
In which we labor more or less;
The house—a simple frame affair,
A porch with flowers overgrown;
You'll find its double anywhere,
It isn't much, but it's Our Own!

We have a car—you know the make—
It rattles, but it seems to go.
It suits us for the trips we take,
Just little journeys to and fro;
It makes us friendly with the sun,
And on its wanderings we've known
A lot of simple, healthful fun;
It isn't much, but it's Our Own!

We have a baby. It may be
That there are millions just as good;
But you won't get Us to agree
To such a thought, that's understood.
And though we love our home, our car
We speak of them in modest tone,
But Baby—of all babes there are
She is the best—and she's Our Own!





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