Time Won’t Wait For Me!

Posted on by Elephant

Illustration: “Idle Hands Make Sad Hearts.” NURSERY COLORED PICTURE BOOK. McLOUGHLIN BROS.: NEW YORK. Ca 1870.

“Idle Hands Make Sad Hearts.”

You little bee,

Come play with me,

The sunshine’s warm and clear;

You need not fear

The cold severe,

The winter is not near.

My little maid,

I can’t be stayed,

I must not lose to-day.

For time, you see,

Won’t wait for me,

But sweeps the flowers away.

.

NURSERY COLORED PICTURE BOOK.

McLOUGHLIN BROS.: NEW YORK. Ca 1870.