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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHRISTMAS AFT ERTHOUGHT, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: After a thoughtful, almost painful
Last Line: "when he wuz ist a little boy like me!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Christmas; Santa Claus; Thought; Nativity, The; Nicholas, Saint; Thinking
First Line: After a thoughtful, almost painful
Last Line: "when he wuz ist a little boy like me!"
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Christmas; Santa Claus; Thought; Nativity, The; Nicholas, Saint; Thinking
AFTER a thoughtful, almost painful pause,
Bub sighed, "I'm sorry fer old Santy Claus: --
They wuz no Santy Claus, ner couldn't be,
When he wuz ist a little boy like me!"
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