C.D. Warner, et al., comp. The Library of the World’s Best Literature.
An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.

A Life Lesson

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:

But childish troubles will soon pass by;—

There, little girl—don’t cry!

They have broken your slate, I know;

And the glad, wild ways

Of your schoolgirl days

Are things of the long ago:

But life and love will soon come by;—

There, little girl—don’t cry!

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;—

There, little girl—don’t cry!