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LOVELY CHILD by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP

First Line: LOVELY CHILD, MAKE HASTE TO PLAY
Last Line: YOU WILL LABOR FOR YOUR BREAD.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; INNOCENCE; CHILDHOOD;
LOVELY child, make haste to play
While the dew is on your day—
Half a score of years ahead
You will labor for your bread.



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