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A Little Freckled Person
A Book of Child Verse
BY
MARY CAROLYN DAVIES
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HAROLD CUE
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1919
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY MARY CAROLYN DAVIES
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Illustrations
| A little freckled person who has never muchto say | Frontispiece |
| A rabbit works its ears, and tries To watchyou with its rabbit eyes | 4 |
| Weed the garden, carry wood | 8 |
| I like the kitten of my friends | 30 |
| Unfinished wings Are such curious things | 36 |
| While I'm washing dishes, or scraping outthe skillet | 58 |
| I'd like to be a pirate, A scarlet scarf aboutmy neck, a cutlass at my wrist | 80 |
| They are thirsty, so we give Water firstthat they may live | 100 |
A LITTLE FRECKLED PERSON
They think I'm just a little girl
At study, work, or play,—
A little freckled person who
Has never much to say.
They do not know a princess oft
In golden gown am I,
With cheeks like apple petals soft
And eyes like sea or sky.
They only see my tumbled braids,
They do not know I wear
A crown with turquoises and beryls
Upon my coiled-up hair.
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