Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GOING TO THE POOR, by ANNETTE WYNNE


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GOING TO THE POOR, by                    
First Line: A little maid tripped down the / street
Last Line: And wondered if the poor were I!
Subject(s): Charity; Children; Christmas; December; Kindness; Poverty; Philanthropy; Childhood; Nativity, The


A LITTLE maid tripped down the street,
With ragged coat and ill-shod feet,
Carrying with merry grace
A basket; her elfin face
Was glowing, though her hands were red
With cold, as through the snow she sped.

Bright little maid that trips along
With face of light, and heart of song;
O, tell me why you are so gay;
"Why—don't you know it's Christmas Day?—
I'm going to the poor," she said,
In earnest tone; and on she sped.

And I looked long as she sped by
And wondered if the poor were I!





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