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SONG FOR A LITTLE SISTER by BERNICE LESBIA KENYON

First Line: JOY YOU HAVE AND GRACE YOU HAVE
Last Line: ONLY FOR A DAY!
Subject(s): HAPPINESS; SINGING & SINGERS; JOY; DELIGHT; SONGS;
JOY you have and grace you have,
As anyone can see
Who meets you passing in the street
So tall and pridefully;
But I shall keep your beauty
Hidden close to me.

Let others see your lifted head
And your questing eyes,
Hear your voice that makes a song
From light words or wise;
But I shall keep your quiet thoughts
Hidden from surmise.

If they ever find you out,
As indeed they may,
There'll be nothing left to do
But smile at them and say
Secrets of your sort are hid
Only for a day!



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