MOLLY TO HER DOLLY.

Well, dolly, here I am again, Just home from school, you see: Let's come down to our cubby-house Beneath the willow-tree. There, dolly, now we're snug and safe, Away from horrid boys; Oh! don't we hate their teasing tricks, Their rudeness and their noise! Come, let me press your little cheek, So rosy and so cool; And I will tell you all about The times I had at school. I said my tables pretty well, But missed on five times seven: In spelling I went to the head (The word, dear, was e-lev-en). At recess, Nelly Fay and I A splendid "teter" made: O dolly! we went up so high, You would have been afraid. And Nelly promised she would come And spend this afternoon: So, dolly, I must change your dress, For she will be here soon. She'll bring with her her stylish doll, (Miss Maud May Rosalie) Who wears real ear-rings and a watch (As vain as she can be)! Ah, dolly! by her Paris dress Yours will look plain, I fear; But you have twice as sweet a face, My ownty darling dear!