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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO A YOUNG GIRL, by ELAINE V. EMANS
First Line: Weave lovely dreams, my dear
Last Line: Or shuts her eyes to living, o my dear!
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: Weave lovely dreams, my dear
Last Line: Or shuts her eyes to living, o my dear!
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
Weave lovely dreams, my dear. Use golden strings
For warp and rainbow stuff and stars for woof,
But make your fairest pictures simple things;
A little house beneath a low red roof,
A garden running round, a swing where grass
Is worn away by happy children's feet --
Gay curtains, friendly chairs, and shining glass
And every joy that makes a home complete.
Dream much of sun and song and being glad,
Of laughing lips and eyes adoring you,
But weave a share of rain and being sad,
For never can the dreams of her come true
Who draws too gay a plan for her career,
Or shuts her eyes to living, O my dear!
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