Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LOST CHILD, by ANONYMOUS


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THE LOST CHILD, by                    
First Line: "'I'm losted! Could you find me, please?'"
Last Line: What has you been a-doing?
Subject(s): Children - Lost


"I'M losted! Could you find me, please?"
Poor little frightened baby!
The wind had tossed her golden fleece,
The stones had scratched her dimpled knees,
I stooped and lifted her with ease,
And softly whispered: "Maybe."

"Tell me your name, my little maid,
I can't find you without it."
"My name is Shiny-eyes," she said.
"Yes, but your last?" She shook her head.
"Up to my house 'ey never said
A single fing about it."

"But, dear," I said, "what is your name?"
"Why, di'n't you hear me told you?
Dust Shiny-eyes." A bright thought came:
"Yes, when you're good: but when they blame
You, little one—is't just the same
When mamma has to scold you?"

"My mamma never scolds," she moans,
A little blush ensuing,
"'Cept when I've been a-fowing stones,
And then she says," (the culprit owns),
"Mehitabel Sapphira Jones,
What has you been a-doing?"





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