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TO A CHILD by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR

First Line: LOVE ME, TILL YOU LEARN TO JUDGE ME
Last Line: THE TORMENT OF YOUR WONDERING SCORN.
Subject(s): CHILDREN; CHILDHOOD;

LOVE me, till you learn to judge me,
With candid sweetness unreserved.
Your growing reason must begrudge me
The honour I have not deserved.
But linger not to look beyond
When once the kindly veil is torn,
And spare a heart that still is fond
The torment of your wondering scorn.



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