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WE HAVE NO TIME FOR CHILDREN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We have no time for children, we have no hour / for these
Last Line: By giving less of money and giving more of care.
Subject(s): Parents; Parenthood


We have no time for children, we have no hour for these,
We are the very busy, and life we hurry through;
The world is full of pleasures, of riches we may seize --
We have no time for children, we have so much to do.

The little children hunger, but not for what we win,
They have their little longings, but this they hunger for:
The family a circle, that all may gather in,
The merry evening playtime, the romp upon the floor.

The growing son his father so wistfully desires,
And, oh, the little secrets our daughters long to share!
Perhaps we would be richer, be better mothers, sires,
By giving less of money and giving more of care.





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