THERE! little girl, don't cry! They have broken your doll, I know; And your tea-set blue, And your play-house, too, Are things of the long ago; But childish troubles will soon pass by. -- There! little girl, don't cry! There! little girl, don't cry! They have broken your slate, I know; And the glad, wild ways Of your school-girl days Are things of the long ago; But life and love will soon come by. -- There! little girl, don't cry! There! little girl, don't cry! They have broken your heart, I know; And the rainbow gleams Of your youthful dreams Are things of the long ago; But heaven holds all for which you sigh. -- There! little girl, don't cry! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ROBERT OF LINCOLN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT O SLEEP, MY BABE! by SARA COLERIDGE A LITTLE DUTCH GARDEN by HARRIET WHITNEY DURBIN BLACK AND BLUE EYES by THOMAS MOORE THE ENCHANTMENT by THOMAS OTWAY |