Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume I. Of Home: of Friendship. 1904. | | | | Poems of Home: II. For Children | | A Life-Lesson | | James Whitcomb Riley (1849–1916) |
| | | THERE! little girl, don’t cry! | |
| They have broken your doll, I know; | |
| And your tea-set blue, | |
| And your play-house, too, | |
| Are things of the long ago; | 5 |
| But childish troubles will soon pass by.— | |
| There! little girl, don’t cry! | |
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| There! little girl, don’t cry! | |
| They have broken your slate, I know; | |
| And the glad, wild ways | 10 |
| Of your school-girl days | |
| Are things of the long ago; | |
| But life and love will soon come by.— | |
| There! little girl, don’t cry! | |
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| There! little girl, don’t cry! | 15 |
| They have broken your heart, I know; | |
| And the rainbow gleams | |
| Of your youthful dreams | |
| Are things of the long ago; | |
| But Heaven holds all for which you sigh.— | 20 |
| There! little girl, don’t cry! | | | | |
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