Living

Jingle

by Laura E. Richards 1850–1943

From In My Nursery (1890)

Living

I jumped on the back of a dragon-fly,
And flew and flew till I reached the sky.

I pulled down a cloud that was hiding the blue,
And all the wee stars came tumbling through.

They tumbled down and they tumbled round,
And turned into flowers as they touched the ground.

So come with me, little children, come,
And down in the meadow I'll pick you some.

MLA

Richards, Laura E. “Jingle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/13/.

Chicago

Richards, Laura E. “Jingle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/richards_l/13/.

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