LITTLE SALLIE’S WISH.
The following poem was written from facts, concerning a sweet little girl who lived in New York. When Summer came her parents took a cottage in the country, where the scene described was enacted.
I have seen the first robin of Spring, mother dear,
And have heard the brown darling sing;
You said, “Hear it and wish, and ’twill surely come true,”
So I’ve wished such a beautiful thing.
I thought I would like to ask something for you,
But couldn’t think what there could be