PS 2704 
 .A5 
 1912 
 
 Copy 2 
 
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 COEHUGHT DEPOS 
 
rtLL THE YE AR 
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 bT JAMES 
 WHITCOMB 
 K I LEY 
 
 ^ITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS CUT 
 ON WOOD AND PRINTED IN COLORS 
 
 b7 CUSTAVE BAUMANN 
 
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 THE BOBBS MERRILL COMPANY 
 PUBLISHERS E INDIANAPOLIS 
 
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 Cof>yriqm 1912, 
 llie Ljooos-Merrlll C-ompany 
 
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JOHN DAVIS 
 
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AIL THEYEAR ROUND 
 
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 anuarx? 
 
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 lanuary! \-olaasTace, 
 And ever colaer- ever keener- 
 
 Uur very nair cue wnile we wail 
 Dy winds mac clip ii ever cleaner: 
 
 Cold as a miser's buried qold, 
 Ur necner-deeos or old cradicion— 
 
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 rob< 
 
 ruary,-seem co oe 
 rys underscudy, 
 
 L^ld Januarys underscuJy, 
 
 tSuc play the pare loo vaudevilley,- 
 
 Wiln wind loo moisl ana snow bo mudo 
 
 lou overfreeze and overlhaw- 
 Tour rios ler Jo -like recilacion 
 Due ninls rnal youre ac oeszA 
 
 Imicacfon. 
 
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DiaiDlQinia 
 
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 Al m, I larch ,^ouVe joc no friends Id spore- 
 Warm rrienas J mean -unless coal-aealers^ 
 L/riqas-well owners, pipin' wnere 
 
 me pipers paid-aDove allsplelers; 
 Tou are a moncn, coo, or complex 
 
 terversicles DevoncI solucion— 
 
 leryersii 
 A sorlo' 
 
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 sorto' loveliest oT your sex 
 InsiiTUiion! 
 
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 Ujur, April wnenyou kindo'come 
 A-sa'nrenn down alona our rooawm^^ 
 
 Ine oars Is aown, ana we're al nome^ 
 Anayoute as welcome as a snow-day ! 
 
 lirsl Ininq we know, tne sunsnlne rails 
 i^pfino liUJ^nd drendies all L.rear 
 
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 Wim mot-ere oolm me poecs calls 
 
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 Inspirarion. 
 
lAlncI I layl-lcs warmin'jesc cosee 
 I he cricK mawed clear ag'in and oancin'- 
 
 lear-like Irs cicUea 'mosc as me 
 A-prancln' trossc it wltn 
 
 Ana men to near me DlueDira wnGC 
 nisolasonQupanc) lance il cnrouqnyou^ 
 
 v-lean mrouqn me ooy^ heart DealinWet- 
 
 my panes on! 
 
 Hall 
 
 lyiooy. 
 
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 Old 
 
 IJlune-LL I lest QK aopeJ on June!- 
 
 Ine trees one qrass all <A rneiranQenesc- 
 Ike rounJ earn swunq mm sun and moon^ 
 
 Jesl at its - so to s^ - serenesc : - 
 In country ,-scars and wnipperwilis ; 
 
 In town,- all nionl: cne boys invadm 
 Leaoin' cicizens' winder-sills, 
 ^air-a-nadin'. 
 
Irlisn shil Q-Dilln -jome; out 'most 
 
 loo noc reranylninQ bur l(win' 
 Jesl Jo-less like^ and walcnin close 
 Ike Ireelops ana rne scjuirrels playin - 
 meir rail-lips swiccneo DOve knot on J limo. 
 Dm Kdepin'mosl in sec|uescrarion - 
 Leavin a biq parr ro cno im- 
 
 I laainacion. 
 
ow wnen 'ks Auqusc- 1 can cell 
 
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 It tv a hunJera 
 
 sups ana over;— 
 
 a ripe-apple-smell 
 
 ey IS a mixed ripe-app 
 And mosneooown qross and muscy cl 
 
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 xy cioyen 
 
 uees is as lazy 'mosl as me — 
 I5ee-Dira eocs 'em-qop's nis winqs out 
 ^o lazy 'at I aon4 minlc ne 
 3piES ineirsllnas out! 
 
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 J^lepremDer, you appeal toall^ 
 Dom youna and olJ, lordly ano lowly; 
 
 lou slurf me n<y-maw,irouqn ana scalt 
 
 lill nofse ano cows as roly-poly 
 As pigs IS, slopped on DurtGpmilk 
 
 An J brand, snipstuTr and later-peelln's- 
 And rolks, coo, leelin' tine as silk 
 VlLalULir feelings! 
 
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I 1 I t la dgVi askea ror my aovice. 
 Ana tnouanr cne rninq ouc^cam anasolen- 
 
 oizin' Uie monms all once or cwice- 
 id laVicno cneYearouc v^'ln (Jccoier,,. 
 
 All INaluna cnen jesc veiled and cnesseJ 
 In wedJin qyarmencs^ornamenrea 
 
 Wiln ripe-rruir-qems-ano kissln" jesc 
 INew-invenced ! 
 
lirm reared INovemDer^ hopes Is lew 
 And TOT Delween!-\-ola as a I lona^- 
 Wasna<y, er a lodqeman wno 
 
 lou'qot to pall Dear for on ounJoy; 
 v^oladf ana colder every aay- 
 
 Ine lixea orTlcial time tor slqnln',- 
 A sinKin'scace you jesc can'c sc^ 
 
 in, orcein! 
 
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 L/lecember-wny. or course we qrin 
 Ana Dear ir-siwerin' every minure^ 
 
 Tec warm rrom rime rne monm rolls in 
 lill it skires our wim Cnrisrmas in ic ; 
 
 Ana so^ for all its coldesr rrums 
 Ana cniltqoose-pimplea imperreccions, 
 
 Ir wads our lanlcola socks wim lourns 
 Kecolleccions. 
 
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