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WISDOM by BURGES JOHNSON

First Line: OFTEN WHEN I WANTER TALK, GROWN-UPS SAY I OURGHTN'T
Last Line: BUT I MOSTLY WANT TO KNOW—WILL I FEEL IT COMING?
Subject(s): CHILDREN; REASON; WISDOM; CHILDHOOD; INTELLECT; RATIONALISM; BRAIN; MIND; INTELLECTUALS;
Often when I wanter talk, grown-ups say I ourghtn't,
For they think what I would say cannot be important.
I am told that when I'm grown, then I may be bolder,
Wisdom will be in my head when I've gotten older.
Tell me, will it, when it comes, set my head a-humming?
But I mostly want to know—will I feel it coming?



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