Child Songs of Cheer

<h2><SPAN name="THE_LOST_BALLOON" id="THE_LOST_BALLOON"></SPAN>THE LOST BALLOON</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">O dear! my purple toy balloon<br/></span> <span class="i0">Has flown away! and very soon<br/></span> <span class="i0">It will be high up as the moon!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">And don't you think the man up there<br/></span> <span class="i0">Will wonder what it is, and stare?<br/></span> <span class="i0">Perhaps hell say, "<i>Well, I declare!</i>"<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Or, maybe if it chance there are<br/></span> <span class="i0">Some little boys in yonder star,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And if it floats away so far,<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Perhaps they'll jump up very high<br/></span> <span class="i0">And catch the cord as it goes by!<br/></span> <span class="i0">At any rate I hope they'll try!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />