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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEDTIME STORIES, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: All the very nicest things
Last Line: Of that once-upon-a-time.
Subject(s): Children; Story-telling; Childhood
First Line: All the very nicest things
Last Line: Of that once-upon-a-time.
Subject(s): Children; Story-telling; Childhood
All the very nicest things
In the stories grandma told,
All the giant-killers bold,
All the fairy folk with wings,
Some in prose and some in rhyme,
Happened "Once-upon-a-time."
And I wished with all my heart
Once-upon-a-time was now!
For I made a solemn vow
I'd have taken mighty part
In those deeds of prose and rhyme,
Of that once-upon-a-time.
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