Baby's Paradise
: FIRST STORIES FOR VERY LITTLE FOLK: Boys And Girls Bookshelf
BY LUCY FITCH PERKINS
Over the hills and far away,
There's a beautiful, wonderful place,
Where happy babies in gardens play,
With mothers dressed all in lace,--
Dressed all in lace and in silken gown,
With flowers in their hair,--
Where trees with blossoms are laden down,
And perfumes fill the air.
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