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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRAYERS, by BURGES JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: When it is bedtime, every day
Last Line: There is so little that they need.
Subject(s): Children; Dolls; Play; Toys; Childhood
First Line: When it is bedtime, every day
Last Line: There is so little that they need.
Subject(s): Children; Dolls; Play; Toys; Childhood
When it is bedtime, every day,
I show my children how to pray;
I never scold or even frown
Whenever any tumble down,
But I am patient as can be
And make them copy after me.
Their prayers are very short indeed—
There is so little that they need.
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