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LINES TO LITTLE FANNIE.
Hark! I hear the pattering
Of little dancing feet,
And I turn with beaming smiles
A little face to greet.
A frame of dark brown curls appears,
With eyes of azure hue;
They sparkle like the lily's cup,
Bathed with the morning dew.

In loving tones I speak her name,
And press her to my heart,
And long to have her for my own,
And never from her part.
A sudden clasp of little arms,
My name is whispered low,
While thus she pleads so sweet and clear,
"Please, Carrie, let me go."