Ringgold Wilmer Lardner Small Poems

• 1. Taste
  I can't understand why you pass up the toys
  That Santa considered just right for small boys;
  I can't understand why you turn up your nose
  At dogs, hobby-horses, and treasures like those,
  ...
• 2. Cousinly Affection
  Why do you love your Cousin Paull?
  For his sweet face, his smile, and all
  The little tricks that charm us so?
  You're not quite old enough to know
  ...
• 3. His Imagination
  One thing that's yours, my little child
  Your poor old dad is simply wild
  To own. It's not a book or toy;
  It's your imagination, boy.
  ...
• 4. Welcome To Spring
  Spring, you are welcome, for you are the friend of
  Fathers of all little girlies and chaps.
  Spring, you are welcome, for you mean the end of
  Bundling them up in their cold-weather wraps.
  ...
• 5. Speech Economy
  Since he began to talk and sing,
  I've learned one interesting thing -
  The value of a verb is small;
  In fact, it has no worth at all.
  ...

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