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TO HATTIE - ON HER BIRTHDAY by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

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First Line: WHEN YOUR 'UNCLE JIM' WAS
Last Line: ON HER ANNIVERSARY.
Subject(s): ANNIVERSARIES; BIRTHDAYS; KISSES;
WHEN your "Uncle Jim" was younger,
In the days of childish hunger
For the honey of such verses
As this little book rehearses
In such sweet simplicity, --
Just the simple gift that this is
Would have brimmed his heart with blisses
Sweet as Hattie's sweetest kisses,
On her anniversary.



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