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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOVER OF CHILDREN, by LEONORA SPEYER Poet's Biography
First Line: When my little girl plays beethoven sonatas
Last Line: I hear a great, rumbling beautiful roar of laughter.
Subject(s): Children; Daughters; Girls; Love; Childhood
First Line: When my little girl plays beethoven sonatas
Last Line: I hear a great, rumbling beautiful roar of laughter.
Subject(s): Children; Daughters; Girls; Love; Childhood
When my little girl plays Beethoven Sonatas,
The big, black, Steinway piano flashes all its teeth at her
In a wide, good-natured grin;
And suddenly
I hear a great, rumbling beautiful roar of laughter.
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