Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="UP_LITTLE_ONES" id="UP_LITTLE_ONES"></SPAN>UP, LITTLE ONES!</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">A robin redbreast, fluting there<br/></span> <span class="i2">Upon the apple-bough,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Is telling all the world how fair<br/></span> <span class="i2">Are apple-blossoms now;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The honey-dew its sweetness spills<br/></span> <span class="i2">From cuckoo-cups, and all<br/></span> <span class="i0">The crocuses and daffodils<br/></span> <span class="i2">Are drest for festival!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Such pretty things are to be seen,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Such pleasant things to do,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The April earth it is so green,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The April sky so blue,<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</SPAN></span><span class="i0">The path from dawn to even-song<br/></span> <span class="i2">So joyous is to-day,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Up, little ones! and dance along<br/></span> <span class="i2">The lilac-scented way!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />