QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR.[MARIAN, SIX YEARS OLD.]
"Do angels wear white dresses, say?
Always, or only in the summer "Do
Their birthdays have to come like mine, in May?
Do they have scarlet sashes then, or blue?
Always, or only in the summer "Do
Their birthdays have to come like mine, in May?
Do they have scarlet sashes then, or blue?
"When little Jessie died last night,
How could she walk to Heaven—it is so far?
How did she find the way without a light?
There wasn't even any moon or star.
How could she walk to Heaven—it is so far?
How did she find the way without a light?
There wasn't even any moon or star.
"Will she have red or golden wings?
Then will she have to be a bird, and fly?
Do they take men like presidents and kings
In hearses with black plumes clean to the sky?
Then will she have to be a bird, and fly?
Do they take men like presidents and kings
In hearses with black plumes clean to the sky?
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