Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PAST MINDING, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS



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First Line: A tender-hearted maiden, in the latest fashion dressed
Last Line: "she doesn't mind such little things, for she is on your hat!"
Subject(s): Birds; Hats


A tender-hearted maiden, in the latest fashion dressed,
Rebuked a wicked urchin who was bearing off a nest:
"Fie! Fie! You cruel fellow! What? Nest, and eggs, and all?
I think I hear the mother-bird in yonder thicket call.
I think I see her pretty breast a-tremble like a leaf.
Put back the nest, you naughty boy, or she will die of grief!"
"Oh, no, she won't," the bad boy said; "she doesn't care for that!
She doesn't mind such little things, for she is on your hat!"





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