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    Daisy Dare, and Baby Power: Poems
    Daisy Dare, and Baby Power: Poems
    Daisy Dare, and Baby Power: Poems
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    Daisy Dare, and Baby Power: Poems

    By Rosa Vertner Jeffrey

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    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Daisy Dare, and Baby Power" (Poems) by Rosa Vertner Jeffrey. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateAug 1, 2022
    ISBN8596547140467
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      Daisy Dare, and Baby Power - Rosa Vertner Jeffrey

      Rosa Vertner Jeffrey

      Daisy Dare, and Baby Power

      Poems

      EAN 8596547140467

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      PART I.

      PART II.

      BABY POWER.

      BABY POWER.

      PART I.

      Table of Contents

      Sparkling as the dew-drops gleaming

      On her path, or sunlight streaming

      Through her tresses—graceful, fair,

      As naught on earth save Daisy Dare!

      Wondrous tresses! sunshine fades

      Mid floating curls and sumptuous braids—

      A crown of light that glorifies

      White brow and deep impassioned eyes.

      Full, perfect, tempting were her lips—

      The bee or humming-bird that sips

      From scarlet blossoms in the South

      Beguiled might be by such a mouth.

      Her path ran by a rushing stream

      Which, like a crooked silver seam,

      Bound that green meadow to a wood,

      Where soon with

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