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A SWEET-EYED CHILD by AGNES LEE

First Line: A SWEET - EYED CHILD
Last Line: "WAS I YOUR DOLL?"
Subject(s): CHILDREN; DOLLS; GIRLS; MOTHERS; TOYS; CHILDHOOD;

A SWEET-EYED child
Looked down and smiled,
As to her breast
Her doll she pressed,
Then raised her head
And softly said:
"Mamma, when you —
Before you grew
So tall — wore frocks
Above your knee
And were like me
A girlie small —
Was I your doll?"



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