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THREE BABY VERSES: 1 by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT

First Line: FAR AWAY, FAR AWAY
Last Line: AND THE RIPPLES CIRCLE AND CEASE.
Subject(s): SUMMER;

Far away, far away
On a bank one summer's day --
The warmth of the grass is the warmth of the sun,
And lazily the river doth run --
Which way!

A floating beetle, a bit of grass,
Watch and you will see it pass.
The blue of the sky,
So deep doth lie --
It doth stay.

Hear! hark! 'Tis the catbird's mew,
In the alders hid from view,
Bound with clematis all through.
"Summer's heat and summer's sun,
Joy, joy, joy" -- her song is done.
Hush! that splash is a hungry trout;
Dozing waterbug look out,
And the ripples circle and cease.



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