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TO A CHILD[987:1]
Little Miss Fanny,
So cubic and canny,
With blue eyes and blue shoes—
The Queen of the Blues!
As darling a girl as there is in the world—
If she'll laugh, skip and jump,
And not be Miss Glump!
1834. First published in Athenæum, Jan. 28, 1888. First collected 1893.