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A PROSPECTIVE GLIMPSE by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: JANEY PETTIBONE'S THE BEST
Last Line: LITTLE JANEY PETTIBONE!
Subject(s): MARRIAGE; WEALTH; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES; RICHES; FORTUNES;

JANEY PETTIBONE'S the best
Little girl an' purtiest
In this town! an' lives next door,
Up-stairs over their old store.

Little Janey Pettibone
An' her Ma lives all alone, --
'Cause her Pa broke up, an' nen
Died 'cause they ain't rich again.

Little Janey's Ma she sews
Fer my Ma sometimes, an' goes
An' gives music-lessuns -- where
People's got pianers there.

But when Janey Pettibone
Grows an' grows, like I'm a-growin',
Nen @3I'm@1 go' to keep a store,
An' sell things -- an' sell some more --

Till I'm ist as rich! -- An' nen
@3Her Ma@1 can be rich again, --
Ef @3I'm@1 rich enough to own
Little Janey Pettibone!



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