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| MAKING JACK O' LANTERNS |
| Just take a golden pumpkin Of quite the largest size, Cut all 'round the stem, just so, Scrape out the inside below, And cut two holes for eyes. And now fix a nose beneath, And such a great big mouth with teeth, And you've a jack-o'-lantern! Then fix a tallow candle, Just big enough to light, And when it flickers, see him blink, And when it flares up, see him wink And smile so broad and bright. This is the jolliest sort of a fellow, With cheery face so round and yellow, This funny jack-o'-lantern. -Anonymous |
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| Ghosts |
| I am almost afraid of the wind out there. The dead leaves skip on the porches bare, The windows clatter and whine, I sit here in the quiet house. low-lit. With the clock that ticks and the books that stand. Wise and silent, on every hand. I am almost afraid; though I know the night Lets no ghosts walk in the warm lamplight. Yet ghosts there are; and they blow, they blow, Out in the wind and the scattering snow. When I open the windows and go to bed, Will the ghosts comein and stand at my head? Last night I dreamed they came back again. I heard them talking; I saw them plain. They hugged me and held me and loved me; spoke Of happy doings and friendly folk. They seemed to have journeyed a week away, but now they were ready and glad to stay. But, oh, if they came on the wind to-night Could I bare their faces, their garments white Blown in the dark around my lonely bed? Oh, could I forgive them for being dead? I am almost afraid of the wind. My shame! That I would not be glad if my dear ones came! -Fannie Stearns Davis |
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