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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SWEET-EYED CHILD, by AGNES LEE Poet's Biography
First Line: A sweet - eyed child
Last Line: "was I your doll?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Freer, Otto, Mrs.
Subject(s): Children; Dolls; Girls; Mothers; Toys; Childhood
First Line: A sweet - eyed child
Last Line: "was I your doll?"
Alternate Author Name(s): Freer, Otto, Mrs.
Subject(s): Children; Dolls; Girls; Mothers; Toys; Childhood
A SWEET-EYED child
Looked down and smiled,
As to her breast
Her doll she pressed,
Then raised her head
And softly said:
"Mamma, when you —
Before you grew
So tall — wore frocks
Above your knee
And were like me
A girlie small —
Was I your doll?"
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